Key facts

Course details for 2009 cohort
Level 3  -  24 credits  -  autumn term

Course description

Course outline

This course moves from a formal analysis of international environmental agreements to a consideration of the political economy of environmental change. The status, significance and action of a range of non-state agents will be analysed and assessed. A central dimension of the course is the examination of the historical and ideological moments in which so-called environmental awareness arose, and the tension between this and the ‘lived experience’ of environmental change.

Learning outcomes

1. Students will have acquired a basic but rigorous understanding of the nature and scope of the topic at hand;
2. They should have developed an appreciation of the current relevance of the topic;
3. They should have developed skills of close textual reading and analysis;
4. They should have developed basic IT skills involved in accessing materials on the world wide web;
5. They will have experience of conceiving and producing a substantial work of analysis and argument, presented in accordance with professional scholarly standards.

Assessments

Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.