Unit name | Climate Emergency |
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Unit code | SPOL30074 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Oscar Berglund |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Addressing the Climate Emergency will get students to grapple with the greatest challenge of our time. After setting out the basic science and the scale of the climate emergency, the unit will proceed to address the political economy of climate change. It will then discuss climate justice as a concept and practice. This will be followed by studying the International Public Policy of climate change and some the actors involved, such as the IPCC. Lastly, the unit will look at how the climate emergency is being contested by social movements and the strategies adopted by these movements.
Aims:
Ultimately the unit aims to let students explore how they can contribute to addressing the climate emergency.
By the end of the unit students will be able to:
This unit will draw on a blended learning approach. Students will engage with asynchronous taught content (including, for example, narrated slides and other teaching and research materials) and will be tasked to complete activities in preparation for synchronous sessions to present and discuss ideas and clarify learning.
Part 1: Leaflet (600-1,000 words) 25% - Assesses ILOs 1-2
Part 2: Essay (2,000 words) 75% - Assesses ILOs 3-4
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.