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Sustainable and Equitable Energy Futures (UNIB10025)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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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
Dr Colin Scholes
Email: cascho@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject introduces students to the role of energy in shaping society in various forms including the built environment, economic processes, households and communities. Students will come to understand what energy is in an everyday sense, how we measure and control it, and what the social and environmental foundations and consequences of its use are. Students will gain a broad understanding of the key technological, environmental, economic, political and social issues and debates that arise in energy planning. Students will discover that the world offers a variety of energy options, that there is no shortage of energy available to us only a shortage of the environmental and social capacities to deal with transforming the energy that different societies have grown used to. With this context, students will critically consider a range of possible energy futures from engineering, regulatory, social, cultural, economic and political perspectives. Students will think critically about the tools we use to develop future energy scenarios and the implications this has for planning infrastructure, cities, housing etc. By the end of the subject students will be able to use basic quantitative, qualitative and mapping techniques to analyse, critically evaluate and convey information about the nature of energy generation and consumption. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to apply different types of reasoning to evaluate energy planning decisions. Students will also think about energy futures at different spatial scales (global, regional, national, sub-national and community). They will critically analyse and assess the differential impacts energy decision-making has on different parts of society, with an appreciation of why energy has come to be one of the defining socio-political challenges in the context of our times.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should:
- Demonstrate basic knowledge and visually represent the role of energy in shaping society in various forms including the built environment, economic processes, households and communities.
- Be able to identify key technological, environmental, economic, political and social issues and debates that arise in energy planning
- Be able to use basic quantitative, qualitative and mapping techniques to analyse, critically evaluate and convey information about the nature of energy generation and consumption;
- Demonstrate the ability to apply different types of reasoning to evaluate energy planning decisions
Generic skills
- the ability to see complex problems from multiple perspectives
- the ability to critically analyse problems and develop a reasoned conclusion about the best possible outcome
- to communicate persuasively to different audiences about the reasoning process and the outcome you seek to achieve using a range of techniques
- Visualising data using software
- The ability to write coherent and well-researched essays and make effective oral presentations
Last updated: 10 October 2023
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: 10 October 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One short exercise in mapping and analysing energy production and use
| Week 5 | 20% |
One short exercise in energy modelling future demand based on technology/environmental/economic capacity
| Week 7 | 20% |
One short oral presentation on a home energy audit (Students will choose a tutorial to present in – 4 students per tutorial)
| From Week 7 to Week 12 | 10% |
Case study analysis (due the first week of the examination period)
| During the examination period | 50% |
Last updated: 10 October 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Colin Scholes Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 1-hour lectures , 12 x 1-hour flipped classroom Q&A, 2 x 2-hours (self)-guided field trips: a home energy audit AND a guided tour of campus energy facility , 5 x 1-hour of online tutorials with interactive assignments and 6 x 1-hour face to face tutorials 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
Dr Colin Scholes
Email: cascho@unimelb.edu.au
Last updated: 10 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 October 2023