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Postgraduate Course: Case Studies in Sustainable Development (PGGE11192)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course introduces the diverse range of approaches being used to achieve sustainable development. The approaches considered are likely to include international governance, national institutions, economic instruments, environmental regulation, technological innovation, new policy initiatives and grassroots participation.

The course considers various different scales for thinking about sustainable development, from global agreements to households and individuals. Some of the key themes that run through the course are the inter-relation and balance between economic and environmental decision-making; the consequences of upstream and downstream interventions; the imposition or adoption of regulations and incentives for environmental change; power and control over decision-making; and the role of experts and trust in information.

The use of these approaches at different levels of governance in a range of key sectors is considered, mainly on a case study basis. The course encourages a strongly interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of sustainable development and seeks to foster critical thinking and debate.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  40
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 156 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessed only by coursework (there is no examination):

1. One 2,500-word essay, chosen from a range of titles related to the topics covered in the first 5 weeks of the course (50% of course mark).

2. Group project work on self-selected topics, students working in groups of four. Assessed by 30-minute group presentation to class (25% of course mark) and 1,500-word individual critical assessment of the topic researched by the group (25% of course mark).
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Students will have a good understanding of sustainability initiatives in a range a different topical policy areas. They will have knowledge of a range of relevant case studies, and an appreciation of the diversity of changes, in terms of sectors and scales of governance, necessary to achieve sustainable development.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Anyone wishing to enrol students from outside the School of GeoSciences should make a specific arrangement with the Course Organiser.
Keywordscase studies, sustainable development, sustainability, society, environment, transition
Contacts
Course organiserDr Marc Metzger
Tel:
Email: marc.metzger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Natasa Honeybone
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
Email: natasa.honeybone@ed.ac.uk
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