Geography
Sustainable Development: Big Ideas for Global Action
Module code: L7003
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture
Assessment modes: Computer based exam
On this module, you’ll learn from faculty with extensive experience of working with regional, national and international organisations.
You’ll explore:
- ideas that define how the environment and sustainability are dealt with in real-world policy and practice
- key thinkers and ideas that frame and guide global policy
- critical approaches to evaluating these in practice.
You’ll develop an understanding of this contemporary field, ready to pursue future careers in this area.
Module learning outcomes
- Understand key conceptual perspectives on the relationship between, and the potential to achieve environmental, social and economic sustainability.
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of potential trade-offs and complementarities between achieving environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability.
- Articulate the implications of climate change and biodiversity loss for humanity’s potential for achieving sustainable development.
- Apply key module concepts to a range of ‘real world’ and practical applications.