HS52007: Contemporary debates in sustainability
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (units for MRes programmes) |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Acquire relevant critical skills for the evaluation of evidence.
Acquire the ability to address environmental problems from different perspectives e.g. Economics (cost benefit analysis and contingent valuation) and Psychology (attitudes and behaviour change).
Acquire a thorough understanding of the application of social science concepts to the understanding of key debates relating to environmental challenges and adaptability of human systems.
Appreciate the relationship between technological advances in, for example, the supply of information about variable tariffs for domestic electricity and gas and the effect this may have on demand and consumption of energy. |
| Synopsis: | Further your understanding of how a range of research methods can be integrated to examine energy use and supply, as well as environmental and sustainability issues.
You¿ll develop an appreciation of the importance of pertinent inter-disciplinary thinking.
This unit aims to prepare you for a career as a professional researcher in either an academic or non-academic environment. |
| Content: | Students will be able to choose sessions in conversation with the pathway lead, and should attend at least five sessions. Two tutorials will be provided by the pathway lead to support seminar choice and encourage reflection. |
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HS52007 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department of Psychology
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