GEOG 2128 - Sustainable Futures
North Terrace Campus - Winter - 2023
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code GEOG 2128 Course Sustainable Futures Coordinating Unit Geography, Environment and Population Term Winter Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 36 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Assumed Knowledge Basic knowledge on sustainability Assessment Course journal, Field trip report, Verbal presentation, Sustainability map Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course students will be able to :
1. Explain the fundamental environmental, social, cultural, political and economic issues underlying sustainability
2. Apply different problem solving and ustainability-building skills using the campus as a living laboratory
3. Apply sustainability principles and solutions to the management of key challenges like climate change, food security and others
4. To research ideas and strategies for sustainable futuresUniversity Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Students will be provided a range of resources via MYUNI and in class that offer the opportunity to develop their learning about sustainability. Specific reading lists that are targetted to particular topics will also be provided so students can pursue in depth their own interest.Recommended Resources
Students will be provided a range of resources via MYUNI and in class that offer the opportunity to develop their learning about sustainability. Specific reading lists that are targetted to particular topics will also be provided so students can pursue in depth their own interest.Online Learning
This course will utilise online learning in multiple ways including use of MYUNI, films, blogs and web sites. It is expected that students will access and use the wide range of resources available online about sustainability as there is much material that can be gathered outside of academic library resources -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course will be set up as a winter course
It will be delivered over three weeks, three days a week, with 4 hours face to face learning per day.
However, based on past student feedback - which stated there is not enough time to do the asessments prior to getting into Semester 2 study - the course will be run as a two week intensive, with the third week allocated as 'free' time but which in fact is designed to give students focussed time to do their assessments, while still being able to access teacher support
Hence the following schedule applies:
Week 1
Day 1, Session 1: Introduction to and History of Sustainability, SGDs
Day 1, Session 2: Why do we need sustainability? Tensions between individual and systemic sustainability
What is a sustainable future?
Day 2, Session 1: Nature repair and nature based solutions
Day 2, Session 2: Institutional solutions
Day 3, Session 1: The Energy Transition
Day 3, Session 2: The Energy transition
Week 2
Day 1, Session 1: Sustainable Consumption
Day 1, Session 2: Sustainable Consumption
Day 2, Session 1: Sustainable Governance
Day 2, Session 2: Sustainable Governance
Day 3, Session 1: Adelaide – living lab
Day 3, Session 2: Wrap up – assessment summary
Week 3
Day 1, Session 1: Sustainable consumption field trip
Day 1, Session 2: Open assessment appointments
Day 2, Session 1: Assessment preparation
Day 2, Session 2: Assessment preparation
Day 3, Session 1: Assessment preparation
Day 3, Session 2: Assessment preparation
Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
As this course is a winter course the workload is at 12 hrs/ equivalent /week in terms of curriculum delivery and learning (36 hours overall) and then an additional expectation that students will do independent learning and assessment/research workLearning Activities Summary
No information currently available.
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
There will be three key assignments for this course.
Course journal (40%)
The first will be a course journal.
Students will be required to write a daily journal (1 – 3 paragraphs) which reflects on the classes delivered and showcases their independent reading on the topics. This will be 1700 words and will address all CLOs.
Living lab reviews (20%)
There will be at two oportunities via (i) a campus tour and (ii) shopping field trip for students to view Adelaide City as a 'living lab' that represent aspects of sustainability.
Studetns will be required to choose one of these (or one of their own) and then write a critical reflection/evaluation of how Adelaide as a city represents sustainability in action.
Sustainable Futures Recorded Video Presentation (30%)
Students will be required to undertake research on a particular sustainability topic and prepare a video presentation that presents (i) summary of the issue, (ii) ideas on what solutions are available to address this issue, (iii) how it interconnects with other sustainability issues and (iv) end in a reflection of what a sustainable future looks like.
Students will be given the choice between doing a sole presentation or working in pairs or threes to co-present the video.
It is expected the video will be filmed on a phone, or via zoom recording. This can be negotiated with the coordinator.
Students will be encouraged to use various techniques, images, forms of presentation (ie walking around, back drop images etc) to present their case. Students will be encouraged to use /draw on real life examples of sustainability in action and demonstrate awareness of readings about their chosen issue.
The last week of the intensive is designed to give students time to do this work.
Attendance and participation (10%)
As this is a winter course, attendance and attention to course delivery is crucial so as to facilitate learning, especially given there is alot of in class interaction and tasks that will require write up within the journal. As such, attendance and participation is recognised via a 10% allocation.Assessment Related Requirements
It is expected that students attend both field trips, and that they do independent research.
It is expected that students will do their own work.Assessment Detail
Students will be given detail and examples of how to do each assignment in the first session of the courseSubmission
Students will submit their assignments via a link in MYUNICourse Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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Student Feedback
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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