Unit name | Sustainable Development |
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Unit code | UNIV10001 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Chris Willmore |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
The unit will provide an introduction to the principles, practices and problems of adopting a sustainable development (SD) approach to a wide range of human endeavours, exemplified by the range of academic expertise present within the University. After an introduction concerning the commonly-perceived bases for sustainable development and its historical evolution, the lecture programme divides into a series of elements, of which 6 from a wider range of possible contributions will be offered in any one session. These will be selected to demonstrate the diversity of arenas of application of sustainable development (SD) and to invite comparisons and contrasts among them, not least those which students are able to draw for themselves of the experiences of SD in different sectoral, geographical and social contexts.
Aims:
On completion of this unit:
Students will gain experience of the insights and experiences of a wide range of academic contexts with regard to a high-profile, contemporary and multi-dimensional issue. Those taking the unit will benefit from encounters with students from a diverse range of backgrounds in a variety of large and small group learning contexts, and contact with the working practices, standards and constraints of a diversity of academic and professional areas of expertise.
The following transferable skills are developed:
Lecture and Seminar
Exam and Wiki
Elliott, J.A. An Introduction to Sustainable Development, 4th Edition 2013. Routledge Perspectives on Development.
Other texts relevant to individual lectures will be available within the unit handbook.