Environmental Philosophy
Duration
- One Semester or Term
Contact hours
- 36 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
50 Credit Points
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
To provide students with a comprehensive understanding of environmental problems, including the threat of destruction of the current regime of the global ecosystem, of the forces driving this destruction, and what is required to address and overcome these problems.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the state of the Australian and the global environment, the driving forces for ecological destruction, and the main changes that will be required to create an environmentally sustainable society and civilization.
2. Comprehend and participate in arguments on the state of our environment, on causes driving its destruction.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the core assumptions and questionability of prevailing economic theories and the alternative provided by institutionalist forms of ecological economics.
4. Comprehend the use of cost-benefit or risk-benefit analyses to assess policies and the alternative provided by retrospective path analysis, and the ability to defend and use this alternative.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the state of the Australian and the global environment, the driving forces for ecological destruction, and the main changes that will be required to create an environmentally sustainable society and civilization.
2. Comprehend and participate in arguments on the state of our environment, on causes driving its destruction.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the core assumptions and questionability of prevailing economic theories and the alternative provided by institutionalist forms of ecological economics.
4. Comprehend the use of cost-benefit or risk-benefit analyses to assess policies and the alternative provided by retrospective path analysis, and the ability to defend and use this alternative.
Courses with unit
BA-ARTS3 Bachelor of ArtsBA-ARTSPROF Bachelor of Arts (Professional)
BB-ARTBUS1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
BB-ARTSC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
BB-LAWART Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of working including:
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
2 1 |
12 12 |
24 12 |
Online Contact | N/A |
|
|
Specified Learning Activities Reading of textbooks and other essential readings. |
5 |
12 |
60
|
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent research, reading, and preparation of essays. | Recommended |
|
54 |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Short Essay based on Seminar Topic | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Essay | Individual | 60% | 1,2,3,4 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• The environmental crisis as a global phenomenon, and the implications of the crisis for Australia and Australians.
• Ethics, cultural analysis, political philosophy and policy formation and their relationship.
• The assumptions of prevailing economic theory and alternative ways of conceiving our relations to each other and to nature.
• A framework of ideas as the basis for formulating environmentally sound
• Ethics, cultural analysis, political philosophy and policy formation and their relationship.
• The assumptions of prevailing economic theory and alternative ways of conceiving our relations to each other and to nature.
• A framework of ideas as the basis for formulating environmentally sound
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.