Environmental Politics

Code

PHIR3034

School

Level

3

Credits

20

Semesters

Spring Malaysia

Summary

Target Students

PHIR and FASS students

Classes

• One 1-hour seminar each week for 12 weeks
• One 2-hour lecture each week for 12 weeks

Assessment

• 10% Presentation: Seminar presentation (10 minute presentation, 5 minutes Q&A)
• 50% Coursework 2 (essay): 2000-word essay
• 40% Exam 1 (1-hour): one hour examination

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

To include a) knowledge and understanding b) Intellectual skills c) Professional and practical skills d) transferable (key) skills. By the end of the semester, students should demonstrate the following in relation environmental politics:

1. Knowledge and Understanding

• The theoretical debates concerning human relations with the environment and the consequences of environmental change
• The impact of human activity on the environment
• The range of socio-political responses to environmental change

2. Intellectual Skills

• Enhanced ability to assess theoretical debates relating to human - environment relations
• Capacity to apply theoretical concepts and debates in assessing human responses to environmental change
• Curiosity and interest in the environment from political and cognate perspectives

3. Professional and Practical Skills

• Strengthen precision and conciseness in writing skills
• Deepen capacity to apply theory to practice
• Enhance presentation and discussion skills

4. Transferrable (key) Skills

• Enhance ability to understand and apply theoretical debates to assess socio-political aspects of environmental change
• Strengthen ability to appreciate the relationship between humans and nature
• Develop capacity for integrating environmental concerns into policy development

Conveners

• Dr Karma Tashi Choedron