Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
- HECS-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 24 Feb 2020
QS RANKING 2020
Times Higher Education Ranking 2020
Subject details
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- 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
No eligibility requirements
Special requirements
No special requirements
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.
- Reflection (20%)
- Time capsule (40%)
- Infographic (40%)
Textbooks are not required.
