Courses Handbook 2009

311812 (v.1) Research and Global Sustainability


Area: John Curtin Institute of Public Policy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus (HB): This unit aims to improve understanding of the implications for, and potential applications of, research in the context of Global Sustainability. This means taking into consideration the Global Sustainability agenda using the dimensions of natural environment, society and culture, and the economy, often referred to as The Triple Bottom Line. Governance is added to the Triple Bottom Line Model to recognise the importance of developing systems for governing, managing and making decisions that impact positively on our natural and social environments.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 080399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Bentley Campus Quarter 4         Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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