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Mode:
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Credit
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Faculty:
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Pre-requisites:
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Examiner:
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1
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ONC
(TWMBA, SPRFLD, FCoast) & EXT
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1.00
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Sciences
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Nil
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Dr Andy Le Brocque
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Synopsis:
The course provides a general
introduction and overview of the emergence of environmental issues at the
global scale. An inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the
environment is provided at a general level for students across all
faculties. Course content covers the biophysical environment, politics,
economy and society, and human impact on the natural environment.
The course focuses on ecological
principles for thinking about the environment, the links between society
and environmental exploitation and the development of ecologically
sustainable development. Consideration is given to population growth, the
influence of technology, environmental economics and the role of
community value systems. Issues examined from a global perspective
include land utilisation, mining and fishing, energy production and use,
water pollution, atmospheric pollution, urban systems and waste
management.
REN1201 Environmental Studies
is an inter-disciplinary inter-faculty unit jointly taught by members of
the Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Business at USQ. It is a general
course for both science and non-science undergraduate majors. The
course has been designed to provide an overview
of humankind's interaction with the environment at the global scale. The
material is presented in a number of distinct, but closely inter-related
modules over the course of the semester (see below).
Further information can be obtained in
the official Course Specifications for this course available through UConnect.
The official REN1201 Course Specifications
should be checked in all instances.
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