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On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Understand environmental management approaches in Australia and internationally.
2. Analyse environmental management in relation to the major principles of sustainable development, defined broadly as: Biodiversity conservation; The Precautionary Principle; Economic sustainability; Intragenerational equity; and Intergenerational equity.
3. Translate generic concepts and methods into critical reviews of contemporary, real-world environmental management practices.
4. Critically assess theoretical and conceptual issues relating to environmental management utilising dialectical analysis approaches.
5. Present synthesised and critically evaluated information in oral and written forms.
6. Create environmental management analysis outputs of professional quality, both independently and within team environments.

There are no required resources for this course.

Although there is no prescribed text for this course, if you do not have any background in Physical Geography or Environmental Science, the following book is highly recommended: Strahler A.H. (2013) Introducing Physical Geography. 6th Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester UK.

Weekly reading materials will be provided for Environmental Management students. The articles, book chapters and reports are available on MyUni (under Content/Readings: Online Content links) and should be used to supplement lecture and workshop activities. Beyond these, numerous references will be provided during lectures and workshops. It is also recommended that you use the library databases such as Scopus, Web of Science or Google Scholar to access academic publications relevant to the weekly topic or your assignments.

MyUni Site: This course guide and additional course-related material will be made available through MyUni. These materials include amongst other information:
• Announcements and links to reading materials
• Powerpoint slides from the lectures and workshops. Every attempt will be made to post the slides on MyUni prior to the lectures and workshops.
• Recordings of lectures
• On-line assignment submissions

There are a number of teaching and learning modes in this course:
· The course lectorials provide factual information and conceptualise approaches to environmental management, initially in relation to the important tenets of Sustainable Development and secondly on Environmental Risk.
· The workshops provide a forum in which students can learn about techniques to critically analyse approaches to environmental management and present their analyses during debates with other students. The workshops are framed in part by the different approaches to dialectical analysis that allow for the resolution of disagreements through rational discussion from opposing viewpoints. The workshops will also provide an opportunity for students to raise questions or points of interest during discussions.
· The debate and the essay provide opportunities for students to undertake research that will allow them to articulate in both oral and written form, their appraisal of contemporary environmental management decision-making.
· Finally, the end of semester take-home exam will assess the extent to which students have developed their understanding throughout the course.

Estimated times for learning activities:
• Structured learning (lectures and workshops): 3 hours per week
• Background reading and reading for specific workshops: 2 hours per week
• Debate and essay research and preparation: 6 hours per week (average)
• Workshop preparation: 2 hours per week (average)
• Exam revision: equivalent of 2 hours per week (average)

Indicative Learning Actitivities


Week 1 (Lectures, workshop)
 
1 Introduction to the course & environmental challenges
2 Does environmental management equate with sustainable development?

1 Course introduction 
 
 
Week 2
 
3 Biodiversity
4 The Precautionary principle

2 Debating Contentious Topics in Environmental Management 
 
 
Week 3
 
5 No Lecture (Public Holiday)
6 Sustainable economic development I

3 No Workshop (public holiday)
 
 
Week 4
 
7 Sustainable economic development II
8 Social justice and environmental management I

4 Environmental management debates 
 
 
Week 5
 
9 Social justice and environmental management II
10 Natural resource management

5 Environmental management debates
 
 
Week 6
 
11 Summary and Environmental Hazards
12 Mid-Semester Exam

6 Environmental management debates
 
 
Week 7
 
13 Sustainable Development via Ecological modernisation?
14 Australian Environmental Policy

7 Essay Preparation
 

Week 8
 
15 The Risk Society Critique
16 Climate change & human populations
 
 8 Critiquing an environmental management decision
 

Week 9

17 International governance & climate change
18 Political-ecology

9 No workshop 
 
 
Week 10
 
19 Energy I
20 Energy II

10 Risk and social learning
 
 
Week 11
 
21 Agriculture I
22 Agriculture II

11 Preparing for the roundtable
 
 
Week 12
 
23 Summary and a quick country case study: Switzerland
24 End of Semester Exam

12 Essay roundtable

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Course Larening Outcomes
Workshop Attendance	Workshop Attendance	5 – to obtain this you will need to attend 90% of workshops or more & participate in the Essay roundtable	1-6
Assignment 1: Debating contentious issues of environmental management	Debate	15 – part of this mark is allocated in relation to how well the debating team works collaboratively	1-6
Assignment 2: An essay critiquing a recent environmental decision	Essay	40 – critiquing an environmental management decision	1-3, 5-6
Take-home exam	Exam	40	1-6

Attendance at workshops (5% of your final mark)

Workshop attendance is compulsory and will be assessed as part of this course. You will be required to sign-off at each workshop and must attend at least 90% of the workshops to receive the full 5% allocation for this part of the course. Attendance at the Essay Roundtable final workshop session is also compulsory, so failure to attend and participate will result in the loss of your full workshop attendance mark (5%).
You should contact the course convenor to explain why you have missed a workshop and will need to have written evidence such as a medical certificate, if you do not wish to be recorded as absent. For each workshop you are absent below the 90% attendance threshold you will lose 1% of your total mark, down to the maximum of 5% lost. Failure to attend and participate in the final “Essay roundtable” workshop at the end of semester will lead to the total loss of the attendance mark (full 5%).

Students should be well prepared for each workshop and participate in the discussion. Take notes from the lectures and your readings, so that you are able to raise issues in the workshop seminars.


Assignment 1: Debating contentious issues of environmental management (15% of your final mark)
 
Debates on contentious issues in Environmental Management
In two teams of three or four (with one team for the affirmative and the other for the negative), you are to debate the contentious issues in sustainable development under formal debating conditions. Debating topics include: the Commonwealth governance of the Murray-Darling Basin; an Urban Growth Boundary for Adelaide; Public transport in Adelaide; future energy sources for Australia; a price on carbon dioxide emissions in Australia; off-shore oil drilling; whaling in the South Pacific; Australian marine parks; and forestry policy in Tasmania.

Students should choose a topic early in the semester. Failure to participate in your group’s debate without a valid excuse will lead to the loss of all of your debating marks.


Assignment 2: Critiquing an Environmental Management Decision (40% of your final mark)
 
Essay topic - Critique a recent decision made regarding an environmental issue by an international organisation, a government department, an NGO or an industry body. Describe the environmental management issue, explain why it is important, and present a critical analysis of the management response in relation to the key tenets of sustainable development.
Length - 2000 words +/- 10%, excluding references and appendices
 
Participation in the “Essay Roundtable” – You will need to briefly argue whether the decision you critiqued would or would not lead to sustainable development. Failure to attend and participate will lead to the loss of your workshop attendance mark (5%).


Take-home Exam (40% of your total mark)

An on-line Take-home exam will be posted to the MyUni page for the course prior to the lectorial prior in week 11 and then students will have about a week to complete the exam.

The exam will test learning from each half of the semester:
· the first half of the exam will test your knowledge of key sustainable development theory and applications introduced in the first half of the semester; and,
· the second half of the exam will test your knowledge of environmental modernisation and risk society theory and applications from the second half of the semester.

Assignment 2 (the essay) will need to be submitted via the Turnitin link on the MyUni site for the course. Turnitin is an internet-based service that allows for checking of information sources and plagiarism (for more information see: www.turnitin.com/). A link will be available on MyUni to submit your work via Turnitin under Assignments. I will also assess your work and make comments available via MyUni.

For guidance on how to submit your assignment electronically via MyUni, go to http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/student/tutorials/. For more assistance on submitting your assignment file to MyUni, please telephone the Service Desk on 831 33000, 8 am – 6 pm, Monday to Friday or email servicedesk@adelaide.edu.au

Assignment 2 must be lodged in electronic form by the given due date and time to avoid penalty. A penalty of 5% will be deducted per day for any assignment that is submitted late.

The course is designed as a review of the important emerging issues for environmental management in South Australia, Australia and the globe. It aims to guide students’ critical interests in particular topics or areas of study. For that reason, there is significant opportunity for students to investigate particular issues relevant to environmental management that interest them.

SELTS results from previous years suggest that students have found the course to be an excellent introduction to Environmental Management, with very high levels f satisfaction with the course.  That said, some students find the independent learning to be one of the more challenging aspects of the course. The workshops are designed to guide you through the development of your debate and your essay. Another key to getting the most out of the subject is to use the workshops to raise particular issues with your lecturer and peers.

SELTS results and student feedback suggests that some students prefer two smaller exams throughout the semester rathern than one large one at the end.  For that reason, there are two smaller exams to test student knowledge of course content during the semester.