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Sustainability Governance and Leadership (MULT90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville) and Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
July
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online July - Dual-Delivery |
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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; and
- 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
Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Feel confident in 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; and
- 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
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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An individual written task of about 1,200 words
| Week 4 | 20% |
A group verbal, visual and written report - the written report to be a combined total of about 3,000 words
| Week 8 | 30% |
An individual research essay of about 3,000 words due before the end of semester
| Week 12 | 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
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Georgia Garrard Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 12 weeks - 1x 1hr tutorial/week and 1x 2hr lecture/week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 Semester 1 contact information
- July - Dual-Delivery
Principal coordinator Georgia Garrard Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Six days of classes, including 2x 2hr lectures and 2x 1hr tutorial per day. The subject is taught over six Fridays (8:30am – 4:30pm) at the beginning of semester with follow up assignment work. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2021 to 10 September 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 20 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 October 2021 Assessment period ends 24 October 2021 July contact information
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
N/A
- Related Handbook entries
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022