Courses & Units
Making Sense of Climate Change KGA319
This interdisciplinary unit is available as an elective and is suitable for students with backgrounds including (but not limited to) Science, English, Government, History, Law, Management, Psychology and/or Sociology. Please consult the School of Land and Food (Geography and Spatial Science Discipline) for information. This unit will proceed once the quota of fifteen students is reached.
Introduction
Climate change is an immensely complex social and environmental problem with implications for knowledge creation, policy development, professional practice, technological advance and everyday life. This unit will help you to interpret and integrate a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and practical questions relevant to how climate change is being variously understood and addressed. Case based learning that uses real world situations and examples drawn both locally and from around the globe will help you to critically evaluate approaches to maintaining social and ecological resilience in the face of change. Assessment will be based on your demonstrated ability to synthesise different perspectives in group activities and individual reflective and academic writing.
Summary
| Unit name | Making Sense of Climate Change |
|---|---|
| Unit code | KGA319 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | Faculty of SET, AMC, IMAS School of Land & Food |
| Discipline | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Coordinator | Dr Stewart Williams |
| Teaching staff | Dr Stewart Williams, guest lecturers |
| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
This unit is currently unavailable.
Note
Units are offered as On-campus where the majority of teaching will occur at the campus identified. Units offered Off-campus generally have no requirement for attendance at a physical university campus unless the unit has practical or fieldwork components*: the campus indicated for an Off-Campus unit is the one at which teaching is administered from.
*Please read the Unit Introduction in the Course and Unit Handbook for attendance requirements for units offered in Off-campus mode.
* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Fees
Domestic
| Band | Field of Education |
|---|---|
| 1 | 090309 |
Fees for next year will be published before the end of the year. The fees above only apply for the year shown.
Please note: international students should refer to this page to get an indicative course cost.
Requisites
Prerequisites
- 25 Credit Points in Interrmediate level units
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 2-hr lecture and 2-hr tutorial weekly |
|---|---|
| Assessment | Group discussions (20%); group presentation and 2000-word group report (30%); 2000-word essay (30%); 2 x 1000-word journal entries (20%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Hulme, M. (2009) Why we disagree about climate change: understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity. Cambridge University Press: New York |
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