Course results for Curtin University Sustainability Subjects

Grow an understanding of humanity’s attitude towards landscape and beauty. Explore Japanese ideas of beauty and the natural world. Unpack the western ideal of the Garden of Eden and how it impacts historical and contemporary gardening practices.

Review the status of the global food situation. Study supply chains and aid. Catalogue the challenges complicating food production efforts in the face of population growth. Weigh this against the environmental concerns threatening water availability.

Consider socio-economics, culture and the environment - and how these factors impact whether a community survives or thrives. Study project planning, learn framework analysis and dissect case studies in the developing world.

Study the fury of natural hazards. Consider how far and wide their effects span, along with strategies to minimise our vulnerability to their wrath. Learn about environmental planning and sustainable development.

Tally up the greatest sustainability issues facing the world today. Predict what problems may arise in the future. Gain a theoretical perspective on topics such as population, climate and food production. Formulate your own policy solutions.

Identify where economics crosses paths with policies for climate action and sustainable development.Strip economic approaches to sustainability down to their essence. Unpack the taxation system. Look at local and global climate change initiatives.

Define what it is that makes a city sustainable or unsustainable.Look into transport, environmental, urban design and economic concerns. Address cities’ dependence on cars, trucks and motorcycles. Discuss the cities that are making an effort go green.

Inspect the science of climate change and address what you can do to adapt to and mitigate its effects.Evaluate policies like carbon taxes and rebates for energy efficiency. Look into different countries' commitments to battling climate change.

Forge an understanding of how globalisation, gentrification and other such factors have created global cities.Get a snapshot of the relationships cities have with their regions. Forecast the pathways that urbanisation trends will lead us down.

Unearth the impacts of construction on the built and natural environment, people and economy. You’ll explore energy efficiency and consider how sustainable development impacts choices on the types of construction, materials and methods available.