Tackling Environmental Challenges: Water (11778.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Science And Technology |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Academic Program Area - Science | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit builds on the content and concepts developed in previous environmental science specialisation units, integrating them in the context of theory and methods used to address challenges in water science at local, national and global scales. Students will undertake an in-depth exploration of key challenges in water science focussing on issues such as water security, sustainable water management, water related hazards, and water within a changing socio-hydrological systems. An important part of the unit will be understanding stakeholder perspectives and differing knowledge sources, particularly those of Indigenous peoples. This unit addresses various Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLO) for environment and sustainability endorsed by the Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (ACEDD).
1. Develop an in-depth understanding of current theory and methods and how they are being applied to address challenges in water science;
2. Critically evaluate and apply theory and methods to real problems in water science;
3. Evaluate the role of different stakeholders and knowledge sources (particularly those of Indigenous people) in current challenges in water science;
4. Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of key environmental and sustainability challenges and their drivers, with holistic systems thinking and complexity (ACEDD TLO 1.2 and 1.3);
5. Understand diverse approaches to environment and sustainability including different frameworks for knowing and particular values, knowledge, ethical positions and interests of Indigenous peoples globally (ACEDD TLO 2.2 and 2.4); and
6. Design and execute a research task pertaining to a problem in water science, by identifying, synthesising and applying appropriate knowledge and evidence from diverse sources (ACEDD TLO 3.1).
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates demonstrate Aboriginal&TorresStraitIslander ways of knowing, being&doing -use Indigenous histories&traditional ecological knowledge to develop&augment understanding of their discipline
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Develop an in-depth understanding of current theory and methods and how they are being applied to address challenges in water science;
2. Critically evaluate and apply theory and methods to real problems in water science;
3. Evaluate the role of different stakeholders and knowledge sources (particularly those of Indigenous people) in current challenges in water science;
4. Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of key environmental and sustainability challenges and their drivers, with holistic systems thinking and complexity (ACEDD TLO 1.2 and 1.3);
5. Understand diverse approaches to environment and sustainability including different frameworks for knowing and particular values, knowledge, ethical positions and interests of Indigenous peoples globally (ACEDD TLO 2.2 and 2.4); and
6. Design and execute a research task pertaining to a problem in water science, by identifying, synthesising and applying appropriate knowledge and evidence from diverse sources (ACEDD TLO 3.1).
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates demonstrate Aboriginal&TorresStraitIslander ways of knowing, being&doing -use Indigenous histories&traditional ecological knowledge to develop&augment understanding of their discipline
Prerequisites
11771 Meeting Environmental Challenges: Foundations AND 11776 Land and WaterCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10235 Tackling Environmental ChallengesAssumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-Campus | Prof Fiona Dyer |
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