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GEOS3920: Urban Citizenship and Sustainability (Adv)
2024 unit information
GEOS3920 has the same thematic content as GEOS3520 however with elements taught at an Advanced level
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Geosciences Academic Operations
| Code | GEOS3920 |
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| Academic unit | Geosciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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A mark of 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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GEOS3520 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. describe the relationships between cities, citizens, environments, and in/sustainability
- LO2. define urban metabolism, citizenship, and environmental justice, and describe their relationship to urbanisation
- LO3. apply your understanding of the relationship between cities, justice, and citizenship to critically reflect on different approaches to urban sustainability
- LO4. describe contemporary socio-environmental challenges facing cities, and assess different governance frameworks for addressing them
- LO5. articulate your own preferred concept of sustainability, and be able to justify your position
- LO6. converse with government officials, activists, and business interests about the topic of sustainability, its potentials and its limits
- LO7. work effectively in groups, and understand why a group is working well or is not working well
- LO8. write a report targeted to civil society organisations (as distinct from an academic essay)
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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