Unit Synopsis
In recent years the Australian news media has contained some consistent themes – and so we are all well aware of the clash between development projects and environmental concerns. How is the peace kept? How do development and the environment co-exist? You will explore the nexus of international agreements, government policy and corporate governance principles with respect to environmental policy. You will explore the rationale that links more specialist units of study at CQUniversity – Environmental Management Systems, Environment Impact Analysis and units teaching practical environment quality measurement skills. Your major assessment will assess a recent Australian environment issue asking you to determine what can be learnt about the theory and application of development and environmental policy to that incident.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
18 credit points. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 10% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 4. Written Assessment | 20% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2020 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.
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.
Source: Student feedback.
A student asked for further advice on constructing an essay in the discipline.
The task brief for the term paper will be expanded to provide essay structure information.
The assessment items for 2020 were revamped and further guidance provided.
Source: Student feedback.
Student feedback indicates the unit structure and assessment regime assist the learning process.
Comment noted.
The perspective was accounted for in the redesign of the assessment items.
Source: Student feedback.
A student asked for an assessment item prior to the term paper submission to gauge process.
The unit coordinator will invite an early feedback mechanism on the term paper.
Early student assessment feedback wa incorporated into the assessment redesign.
Source: Student satisfaction feedback.
Student feedback indicated appreciation for the portfolio of short answers assessment.
The portfolio of short answers assessment to be retained.
In Progress
Source: Student satisfaction feedback.
Student feedback indicated appreciation for the Moodle format for the unit.
The Moodle format used in the unit is simialr to the CQURenew structure.
In Progress
Source: Student satisfaction feedback.
Student feedback suggested some more room for student discovery of learning rather than the structured learning guides would be interesting.
The unit redesign under CQURenew will take this into account.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the concepts that underpin development and environmental policy
- Analyse the peak processes organisations need to put in place to gain an environmental consciousness and abide by Government environmental management policy and legislation
- Assess the extent to which the application of environmental policy could have ameliorated a recent Australian environmental issue.
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| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| 4 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | ||
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | ||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • |
| 5 - Team Work | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
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