IA40730 Sustainability: Environmental Drivers of Innovation

Academic Year 2023/2024

In this module participants develop a broad perspective of the environmental drivers of sustainability. Students explore core concepts required for understanding and measuring human-environmental interactions including: Planetary Boundaries, Ecosystem Services Sustainable Development (Environmental SDGs), Climate Models & Climate Change Adaptation assessments. Ongoing assessment will look at how students are able to understand and apply the various concepts in group presentations. For the final assignment students will be required to conduct a Climate Change Adaptation Assessment for their own organisation (or external partner) and use the findings to apply design thinking to identify ways to negate or reduce the identified risks.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module participants will:

•develop their ability effectively applying the five stages of the Design Thinking Process
•be able to design and implement appropriate approaches for data collection related to Environmental Drivers of Sustainability from multiple and diverse sources.
•develop a basis to analyse and evaluate Environmental Drivers of Sustainability to inform the design process.
•understand how to manage the complexity of the Environmental Drivers of Sustainability to support decision making.
•grow a sustainability mindset which includes the following: Preparing others
for the future, Engaging in Radical Collaboration, Using SDGs as a framework, Bias to Action and Practicing Sustainability as verb and not a noun.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Specified Learning Activities

55
Autonomous Student Learning

45
Total

116
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Project-Based Learning
Peer and Group Work
Reflective Learning
Enquiry & Problem-based learning
Student Presentations 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Weekly assignments for portfolio. These are used to also support final class project. Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

20
Project: Climate Change Adaptation Assessment and presentation Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

60
Assignment: Reflection Report Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual feedback is available upon request.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 6 Sat 09:00 - 13:50
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6 Thurs 18:00 - 20:50
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 7 Thurs 18:00 - 20:50
Workshop Offering 2 Week(s) - 10 Sat 09:00 - 13:50
Workshop Offering 2 Week(s) - 8, 9, 10 Thurs 18:00 - 20:50
Autumn
      
Spring
      
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 22 Sat 09:00 - 13:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 22 Thurs 18:00 - 20:50
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 22 Tues 18:00 - 20:50
Workshop Offering 1 Week(s) - 18, 19 Wed 18:00 - 20:50
Lecture Offering 2 Week(s) - 25 Sat 09:00 - 13:50
Spring