Postgraduate Course: Climate Change Mitigation (online) (PGGE11207)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The face-to-face MSc Carbon Management has now been a successful programme for >5 years, with a superb record in terms of student experience and graduate employability. An ODL programme in this area is needed to extend access to this high-level provision to the many students unable to spend a year studying in Edinburgh due to work, family and financial commitments. Edinburgh represents the market leader in this field for face-to-face PGT and we can therefore build on this reputation and our global links to ensure our planned ODL MSc Carbon Management programme is similarly market-leading.
Our initial demand survey and competitor analysis (see attached) support the above view - highlighting the high regard for our face-to-face programme, the growing number of imitators/competitors, and the apparently strong demand for an online programme aligned to the absence of appropriate provision (to date) from our potential competitors.
This course translates the highly popular and successful existing course 'Climate Change Management' for online provision (see attached online course handbook). It constitutes a core course for the proposed online PG Certificate in Climate Change Management, and cover the mitigation side of climate change management using an identical delivery approach and format to that already used for the online course 'Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation' as part of the Global Challenges MSc (see www.climate.ed.ac.uk).
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| Course description |
This course examines climate change mitigation at a range of scales from geoengineering to microgeneration, often focussing on the UK/Scotland as a case study. It explores the role of science and technology in carbon management and the interactions of other drivers (e.g. land use and N deposition) with carbon management policy and ethics. It includes coverage of national targets and scenarios, local and household mitigation, and examines feasibility and implementation of carbon reduction projects such as wind energy, forestry and anaerobic digestion.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Online Activities 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
- Essay assignment (consisting of a maximum of 1,000 words) - allocated in week 2, submitted in week 3 (20%).
- 'Solutions' video assignment - allocated in week 4, submitted in week 6 (30%).
- Final report (consisting of a maximum of 3,000 words) - allocated in week 7, submitted in week 10 (50%)
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students should have:
- High-level understanding of global, national and local climate change mitigation policies
- Familiarity with non-CO2 greenhouse gases and their mitigation
- The ability to evaluate importance of interactions on the global carbon cycle with climate change, land-use and other key global change drivers (N deposition), including potential for geoengineering of climate
- Understanding of low and zero carbon technologies, including CCS and renewable energy
- In-depth knowledge of projected emissions and targets, UK/Scottish commitments and policies, regional, local and household emissions reductions and incentives
- Insight into the implementation of emission reduction projects such forestry and renewable energy
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Reading List
'Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate' by Chris Goodall
Summary for Policymakers, IPCC Working Group III (2007)
'Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air' (David McKay)
'Geoengineering the Climate' (Royal Society)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Cognitive Skills:
The course deepens and develops the numerical skills, analytical skills and skills of synthesis and presentation.
Subject Specific Skills:
On completion of the course, students should be able to make an assessment of the key climate change mitigation strategies available to a business or industry sector and to have the necessary knowledge and skills to recommend an effective suite of such strategies. They should also be aware of the barriers to and incentives for emissions reduction projects.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr David Reay
Tel: (0131 6)50 7722
Email: David.Reay@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Olivia Eadie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4657
Email: Olivia.Eadie@ed.ac.uk |
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