MAE233 - Business and Climate Change
Unit details
| Year: | 2021 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Previously coded as: | MMM233 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Luca Colombo |
| Previously: | Business and the Environment |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour class and 1 x 1 hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | 1 x 2 hour class (recordings provided) + 1 hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit explores how sustainability issues affect businesses, as well as the strategies that organisations can use to integrate environmental considerations into their planning. Students will be provided with an overview of environmental, social and economic issues affecting business decisions and operations. Applied academic research and case studies will be used to inform students of recent responses to sustainability. Students will have the opportunity to examine and critique both sustainable and unsustainable behaviours and practice in our society.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply key microeconomic tools to the analysis of regulated and unregulated markets.
| GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4 Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Explain climate change as an outcome of externality induced market failure | GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Evaluate economic policy choices for addressing environmental issues.
| GLO1 Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4 Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Examine and critique the roles of public and private sectors in addressing climate change. | GLO8 Global citizenship |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Length | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Due week |
| Assessment 1 (Individual)- Problem based written assignment | 2,000 words | 30% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2 (Group of 3)- Case study | 4,000 words | 50% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 3 (Individual) Problem based written assignment | 1,500 words | 20% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
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