Courses - Faculty of Science
Sustainability
Stage I
Sustainability and Us
What is sustainability? The course discusses what sustainability means, and its underpinning values, history and operation within complex physical systems. Students complete a group project to develop skills in collective decision making with a solution focus. The course explores two sustainability issues in depth.
Stage II
The Sustainable Community
What is the sustainable community? The course unpacks the nature of complex social and ecological systems with a particular focus on large organisations and cities. Students undertake a group project to enhance their skills in collective decision making, and to develop skills in integrating information and presenting sustainability solutions. The course explores two sustainability issues in depth.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Stage III
A Sustainable World
Is it possible to have a sustainable global system? The course explores two sustainability issues in depth. Focussing on large scale social institutions with consideration of politics, the media, national and international law and economics. Students undertake a group project to develop skills in researching and integrating information from a range of experts and recommending sustainability solutions to decision makers.
Prerequisite: 30 points passed at Stage II