Overview
For decades society has been grappling with the deleterious impact of the human population on the Earth. How does society move forward in the wake of climate change and the sixth great extinction? How do we turn around the Anthropocene Epoch so that the balance of nature is restored and respected? In this unit, you will immerse yourself in the philosophy of Environmental Ethics and the Rights of Nature. You will explore how Environmental Policy is formulated and influenced and investigate emerging approaches, such as Nature-Based Solutions. In this unit, you will lay a solid theoretical grounding for further studies of the environment and geography and be a policy-ready influencer on graduation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Scaffold the unit topics into a more cohesive narrative.
Review the unit structure to enhance cohesion and learning design transparency.