UNSW Handbook Course - Environment, Sustainability and Development

Environment, Sustainability and Development - HPSC5002


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History and Philosophy
	Course Outline: http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/hps/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Introduces relationships between Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development and their links to science, technology and modern society. Key themes: Notions of Sustainable Development; Technical and Social Innovation; Globalisation and Governance; & Eco-politics and Controversy. Topics include: the contested meaning of Sustainable Development; innovations promoted as 'Sustainable Development'; dynamics of globalisation and governance; authority and social relations of science; models of technological and social change; public understanding and participation in technological and environmental controversy. Topics, explored theoretically and through case studies, may include: energy systems, waste, modern genetics and its use in agriculture; conservation of biodiversity, and technologies in everyday life.

Note: Please consult School before enrolment.

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