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Sustainability Governance and Leadership (MULT90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
March
July
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
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Sustainability Governance & Leadership (SGL) is one of two core subjects for the Master of Environment course, and is designed to develop the knowledge and skills you will need to succeed as a sustainability leader in a world of complex challenges and global change. This subject provides you with a strong foundation in interdisciplinary understanding of critical concepts and issues, and how they relate to policy, management, leadership, and governance in a range of contexts and across different scales and sectors. You will learn to anticipate and envision environmental change, and design and implement strategic plans to manage impacts or create positive pathways.
Exploring the broad agenda of sustainable development, SGL considers concepts and principles fundamental to the understanding of interdependent human-nature systems, including ecology and biodiversity, social justice and equity, technology, and issues of global change. SGL covers:
- Different perspectives on sustainability;
- Global and local environmental challenges, including for water, energy, food, and human communities in relation their natural and built environments;
- Vulnerability and resilience in complex social-ecological systems;
- The processes of policy design and implementation in these areas;
- The economics of sustainability, and the role of business and innovation in building a sustainable future; and
- Recurring management, governance, and leadership issues for achieving environmental sustainability.
SGL includes extensive use of scenario-based learning and simulation activities.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will have developed a critical and interdisciplinary understanding of the conceptual and practical dimensions of sustainability as they apply to a range of different scales and contexts and their implications for governance and leadership. Students will have extended their capacities for leadership and understanding of governance through the further development of their skills of analysis, interpretation, communication, collaboration, problem-solving and decision-making appropriate to the field of environmental sustainability.
Generic skills
- Independent research on topics relevant to the subject
- Participate successfully in group work
- Further develop their critical thinking though readings, class discussions, collaboration and assessment
- Further develop analytical approaches to sustainability and environmental governance and leadership
- Further develop skills of visual, verbal and written communication
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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An individual written task of about 1,200 words
| Shortly after the third week of classes | 20% |
A group verbal, visual and written report - the written report to be a combined total of about 3,000 words
| Shortly after the last week of classes | 30% |
An individual research essay of about 3,000 words due before the end of semester
| Late in the teaching period | 40% |
A class participation component including leading of tutorial discussions and engagement in scenario activities | 10% | |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject. | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- March
Principal coordinator David M. Kennedy Coordinator Thi Thu Ba Huynh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Six days of classes. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 6 March 2020 to 1 May 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 15 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 May 2020 Assessment period ends 1 June 2020 March contact information
- July
Principal coordinator David M. Kennedy Coordinator Geoff Binder Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Six days of classes. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 6 August 2020 to 18 September 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 7 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 October 2020 Assessment period ends 1 November 2020 July contact information
Time commitment details
Approximately 170 hours comprising time in class, preparation and assessments. The subject is taught over six Fridays (8:30am – 4:30pm) at the beginning of each semester with follow up assignment work.
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
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Last updated: 3 November 2022