| Offered By: |
Fenner School |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Environmental Science |
| Offered in: |
First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
The course considers environmental policy and planning theory and practice at scales from the local to the global. Interactive lectures and tutorials provide students with opportunities to analyse specific environmental planning and policy issues in theoretical frameworks and over different time scales. Case studies explored include Landcare, forest policy and planning, the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement, the "greening" of business, cultural heritage and the role of Indigenous people in environmental policy and planning. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
Briefing paper 20%, tutorial facilitation 20%, choice of a tutorial paper or webpage worth 25%, Learning Portfolio 20%, Seminar on EPP that works in your country 15%. Regular attendance and participation in class work is required. Students who fail to submit set work by the due date or fail to participate in classes may be excluded from examination. |
| Workload: |
4 contact hours a week comprising lectures and tutorials, plus a one off 2 hour workshop over the semester. |
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| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Resource Management and Environmental Science |
| Eligibility: |
| Bachelor degree; no specific knowledge required. |
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| Requisite Statement: |
No specific knowledge required. |
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| Incompatibility: |
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| Consent Required: |
Permission from course co-ordinator |
| Preliminary Reading: |
Bridgman, P. and Davis, G. 2004. The Australian policy handbook. 3rd edition. Sydney: Allen and Unwin. Dovers, S and Wild River, S. (eds) 2003. Managing Australia's Environment, The Federation Press. Dovers, S. 2005. Environment and sustainability policy: creation, implementation, evaluation. Sydney: The Federation Press See course webpage for other reading - http://fennerschool-lectures.anu.edu.au/lectures/2009/ENVS3028/ |
| Programs: |
Master of Environment and Master of Climate Change |
| Academic Contact: |
Desley Speck |
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