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ENSC 230 Principles of Sustainability Units: 3.00
The principles of sustainability provide a focus for discussing global and regional environmental issues in the broadest possible perspective. Frameworks for sustainability and how they are used in understanding various environmental problems will be explored, including in terms of messaging, claims, feasibility and expected outcomes.
Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 36 Online Activity, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite ENSC 103/3.0.
Exclusion ENSC 390/3.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Critique approaches to sustainability in terms of claims, feasibility, and expected outcomes.
- Describe core concepts and theory related to sustainability.
- Link the concepts of planetary boundaries, resilience, and global governance to sustainability solutions.
- Understand the impact of messaging and communications in defining and advancing sustainability.