Postgraduate Course: Values and the Environment (P) (PGGE11114)
Course Outline
School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
Home subject area |
Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None |
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Course description |
This course examines issues related to two important modes of human valuing of nature, the ethical and the aesthetic. The first part of the course covers key concepts and theories in environmental ethics, including: anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism; animal ethics; holistic and biocentric theories; and recent attempts to develop an urban environmental ethic. In the second part we examine aesthetic and landscape values in our engagement with wild nature, rural environments and other cultural landscapes, and conflicts that arise between aesthetic and ethical valuing of natural environments in both theory and practice. |
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: Central. Lecture Theatre, High School Yards |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- a critical understanding of key concepts and theories in environmental ethics;
- a critical grasp of aesthetic theories in relation to a range of environments, from the wild to the urban;
- an understanding of the roles of values in engagement with a range of environments and the conflicts that arise between values in conservation practice;
- expression of students' own critical arguments on environmental values in discussion and in writing. |
Assessment Information
3000 word essay/project |
Special Arrangements
Unavailable to non-MSc Environment, Culture and Society students in 2010/11. |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Dr Emily Brady
Tel: (0131 6)50 9137
Email: Emily.Brady@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Consuelo Fox
Tel: (0131 6)50 2543
Email: connie.fox@ed.ac.uk |
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