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Undergraduate TAS-KAA106-2021

Introduction to Sustainability Literacy

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Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • HECS-HELP
  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

UTAS
Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.

QS RANKING 2021

19

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

25

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to: 

  1. Describe the challenges of social and environmental sustainability through reflecting on your day to day activities and choices 
  2. Explain why some social and environment problems require interdisciplinary forms of critical thinking 
  3. Document the impact of a change in your daily life on an identified sustainability indicator
Topics covered
    • Defining sustainability
    • Histories of sustainability
    • Sustainability and everyday life
    • Biodiversity
    • Sustainability and food
    • Ethical consumption
    • Communicating sustainability
    • The power of images
    • Telling nature's stories
    • Getting involved
    • Sustability literacies
Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

In this subject students will be introduced to the concept of sustainability literacy and will apply that concept to their own lives, and the broader world. Having sustainability literacy is having the capacity to recognise what aspects of life are relevant to environmental, cultural, social and economic sustainability. The subject will introduce the relationship between scientific knowledge and human values in the context of questions of sustainability, and develop skills in critical thinking and analysis. The subject will develop sustainability literacy by drawing on examples from contemporary society and the lived experience of students in the subject. The purpose of the subject is not to cultivate a particular attitude toward issues relevant to sustainability, but rather, to give students the capacity to critically engage with issues relevant to sustainability. By developing sustainability literacy within students this subject will prepare students to engage with the challenges of sustainability that humanity will face in the future.

Assessments

  • Reflection (20%)
  • Time capsule (40%)
  • Infographic (40%)
Textbooks

Related degrees

Undergraduate TAS-SUS-DIP-2021

Diploma of Sustainable Living

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