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Science, Society and Environment

Undergraduate | MAQ-SOCX254 | 2020

View the relationship between science and society through the prism of environmental sustainability. Research environmental policy and values. Cycle through some of the debates scientists and society at large have had about climate science.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
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Science, Society and Environment

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject, it is expected that students will have:

    1. working knowledge of the main themes in scientific knowledge production, environmental policy, climate change and its politics, and sustainability principles
    2. critical and independent research and thinking
    3. competent analysis of arguments: description of content, finding evidence, synthesizing discrete pieces of information, making competent and coherent logical claims
    4. effective oral and written communication
    5. engagement with local and global environmental issues and sustainability.

Entry requirements

Others

You must complete Level 1 studies in Sociology before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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