Learning Outcomes:
• Explain the broad nature of selected sustainability challenges and the factors that underpin them
• Articulate the interplay between the dimensions of sustainability: environment, economy, society
• Evaluate the role of different disciplines in understanding and addressing sustainability challenges
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to develop solutions to sustainability challenges
Indicative Module Content:
The course will be built around independent working by teams of students with varied disciplinary interests to address the sustainability challenges specified in the course outline. There will be 24 one hour sessions in Active Learning Environments over the twelve weeks in the semester. In the first two weeks, the sessions will be primarily instructor-led, providing explanation of the module and approaches to be used and background to the key concepts and approaches to addressing sustainability challenges. Teams will be established and work plans developed. Each focal challenge will then be addressed in turn over a three week period. After guest lectures on each topic, sessions will be primarily built around team-based activity with advice and input from instructors from different disciplines. Groups will need to work towards a report on each challenge and a presentation on one of them and everyone will participate in class discussions and debates. In the final week, the group as a whole will review the activities and outcomes and reflect critically on approaches to identifying and addressing sustainability challenges.