Introduction to Sustainability Literacy
UndergraduateTAS-KAA91062020
Course information for 2020 intake
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Introduction to Sustainability Literacy
About this subject
Note: Students may only enrol in this subject (TAS-KAA9106) if they are admitted to the Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainable Living. All other students should enrol in TAS-KAA106.
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Describe the challenges of social and environmental sustainability through reflecting on your day to day activities and choices
- Explain why some social and environment problems require interdisciplinary forms of critical thinking
- Document the impact of a change in your daily life on an identified sustainability indicator
- 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
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%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
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Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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