Healthy People and Planet PG (11927.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Public Health | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit will introduce students to the evidence and scholarship that recognises limits - limits to human population growth, resource use, economic growth, pollution, climate and the concept of existential risk. This is a 21st century Public Health challenge and it is important that graduates can work within frameworks of sustainability. However, we are still learning how to do this, and existing approaches are not guaranteed success so it's important that students understand and critique these. Importantly the unit seeks to understand public health consequences of different development trajectories. The unit includes an examination of population policies and rights-based reproductive health and family planning, issues which which may be politically sensitive but have profound impact on health and wellbeing. It applies the theoretical learning to the local context to critique sustainability transitions and public health consequences of current policy.
1. Apply an integrated understanding of models developed to understand, and convergent thinking on healthy and sustainable people and planet;
2. Apply key concepts relating to people (population) and planet, such as the ecological footprint, human carrying capacity and planetary boundaries and major determinants and consequences of human population change;
3. Critically analyse metrics, measurement techniques and frameworks used in examining health, wellbeing and (sustainable) development; and
4. Evaluate public health consequences of policy, programs and community effort to achieve sustainability transitions.
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Apply an integrated understanding of models developed to understand, and convergent thinking on healthy and sustainable people and planet;
2. Apply key concepts relating to people (population) and planet, such as the ecological footprint, human carrying capacity and planetary boundaries and major determinants and consequences of human population change;
3. Critically analyse metrics, measurement techniques and frameworks used in examining health, wellbeing and (sustainable) development; and
4. Evaluate public health consequences of policy, programs and community effort to achieve sustainability transitions.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10061 Limits to Growth PGAssumed 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 1 | 05 February 2024 | Flexible | Dr Ro McFarlane |
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