Unit name | Environmental Policy and Politics |
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Unit code | GEOGM1409 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. James Palmer |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit provides an advanced introduction to the political dimensions of contemporary environmental policy-making and governance practices. The unit will examine the power relationships through which science, states, corporations, and citizens are interlinked in efforts to resolve diverse environmental problems, as they exist at numerous scales from local to global. It will offer a balanced assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of a range of existing environment policy instruments and environmental governance frameworks. It will examine how different kinds of knowledge and evidence - both scientific and non-scientific - shape the ways in which environmental problems are represented, understood, and contested. Finally, it will also explore how the recent diagnosis of the Anthropocene is impacting on efforts to tackle and indeed re-think environmental problems, both at the global level and at smaller scales (e.g. in cities). The unit aims:
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
The unit will be taught through a blended combination of online and, if possible, in-person teaching, including
A 4,000-word academic essay and summary for policymakers (100%)
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment
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The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.