Undergraduate Course: Sustainable Development 2a: Perspectives on Sustainable Development (SCIL08009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Any students taking a degree in Sustainable Development or thinking about transferring into the Sustainable Development degree must take Sustainable Development 1A in their first year and Sustainable Development 2A in their second year.
This course provides a multidisciplinary examination of the key issues surrounding sustainable development and addressing the climate and environmental breakdown and its social dimensions. Organised around a series of core sustainability issues (for example, food security, climate change, waste, mobility, energy) the course explores how different schools of environmental thought and perspectives on sustainability (ecological modernisation, social class and consumption, ecofeminism, critical perspectives on global governance, on informal economy and informal labour etc.) provide different understandings and possible courses of action. Students will examine the sustainability of current social and political practices as well as the opportunities for change (on the local to global level).
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Available to all students (SV1)
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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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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 30,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
164 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Non-assessed, but compulsory, class work.
1500 word essay (40% of total mark)
Exam (60% of total mark).
Students must pass the examination to pass the course
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the key sustainable development issues and challenges;
- Evaluate various disciplinary perspectives on these topics;
- Critically appraise the socio-political barriers to and opportunities for sustainable development;
- Demonstrate research and analytical and presentation skills.
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Reading List
The following are meant as foundations for the course. The course resource list will provide specialised readings for each of the perspectives and issues.
Anantharaman, M. (2023). Recycling class: the contradictions of inclusion in urban sustainability. The MIT Press.
Caniglia, B.S. et al. (Eds). (2021) Handbook of Environmental Sociology. (1st ed.) Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Chen, M. (2020). Informal Economy Revisited. Taylor & Francis.
Duncan, J., Wiskerke, J. S. C. (Johannes S. C., & Carolan, M. (Eds). (2020). Routledge handbook of sustainable and regenerative food systems edited by Jessica Duncan, Michael Carolan, and Johannes SC Wiskirke. Routledge.
Isenhour, C., Martiskainen, M., & Middlemiss, L. (Eds.). (2019). Power and Politics in Sustainable Consumption Research and Practice (1st ed.). Routledge.
Pellizzoni, L., Leonardi, E., Asara, V., & Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher (Eds). (2022). Handbook of critical environmental politics. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Sultana, F. (Ed.). (2024). Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice (1st ed.). Routledge. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Isabelle Darmon
Tel: (0131 6)51 1574
Email: Isabelle.Darmon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Karen Leung
Tel:
Email: Karen.Leung@ed.ac.uk |
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