Sustainability Studies

Availability: Semester 1, Wednesdays, 4.30-7.30 pm, starting 29 February, Partially Online Internal
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit Controller: Professor Dora Marinova
Points: 25

This core unit provides a substantive understanding of the key issues in sustainability at a global, national and personal level. We look at where we have come from, where we are now and what are our visions of the future. Topics include: climate change, water depletion and management, food security, art and sense of place, recreation and lifestyle, Indigenous justice, energy and peak oil, biodiversity, poverty, population and consumption.

Availability: Intensive, Semester 1, class times Monday 20 February - Friday 24 February; Partially Online Internal.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS UNIT RUNS THE WEEK BEFORE SEMESTER 1 ACTUALLY STARTS.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit Controller: Professor Jeff Kenworthy
Points: 25

This unit examines cities around the world from within a sustainability framework. It discusses automobile dependence, urban design, transport systems, suburban sprawl and environmental technologies. As part of the unit students will complete a project developing a vision of sustainability for a city.

Availability: Semester 1, class times 2 & 16 March; 20 & 27 April; 4 May; Partially Online Internal.
Venue:CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit Controller: Anne Matan
Points: 25

This unit examines the core concepts of urban design in relation to sustainability. A practical field exercise enables students to utilise their knowledge and skills in a professional setting.

Availability: Semester 1, class times 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 April; Internal only.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit controller: Janette Hartz-Karp
Points: 25

This unit explores the role of deliberative democracy in achieving sustainability. In this practical unit students learn how, why and when to run a broad range of deliberative democracy techniques including a citizens jury, consensus forum, deliberative survey, 21st century dialogue, world café and open space technology.

Availability: Semester 2, class times 4.30-7.30pm Wednesdays, starting 18 July; Online Internal.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit Controller: Associate Professor Laura Stocker
Points: 25

The movement towards sustainability requires a whole new set of processes, and therefore a new set of critical concepts underpinning these processes. We examine pathways that enable the development and implementation of sustainability, such as change and transition management theory, reflexive governance; policy development and learning, sustainability planning and social learning. Students will develop both specific skills and understanding of the theories behind these skills.

Availability: Semester 2, class times 30-31 August; Partially Online Internal.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit controllers: Peter Newman/Vanessa Rauland
Points: 25

This unit will examine ways of reducing the carbon footprints of our cities and regions through various new technologies, lifestyle changes, urban and regional planning approaches and end-user policies. This unit will provide skills in decarbonising the economy, particularly in relation to students' own households and local communities.

Availability: Semester 2, class times 27-29 August; Partially Online Internal.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit controller: Peter Newman/Vanessa Rauland
Points: 25

This unit introduces the basic science of climate change and discusses the various approaches, policies and mechanisms used to target emissions with a focus on the global and national levels. Policies such as emission trading schemes and carbon taxes are examined as well as climate change governance including the international climate change negotiations process.

Availability: Semester 2, class times 5, 6 & 20 October; Partially Online Internal.
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit controller: Peter Newman
Points: 50

In this unit students explore the role of leadership within an organisation and how this impacts upon achieving sustainability. It looks at why governments and businesses need to address sustainability at all levels of organisation.

Availability:Semester 2, class times 7, 8, 14, 22, 28 September, 6 October; Internal only (field trip based).
Venue: CUSP, 3 Pakenham St, Fremantle
Unit controller: Tod Jones and Len Collard
Points: 50

This unit explores Indigenous sustainability, the changing use of our coasts, sustainable tourism and what the future holds in the face of climate change and coastal adaptation. Students will engage, through four on-country fieldtrips, with Indigenous history and culture on the Western Australian coast. They will develop an appreciation of cultural difference and the drivers of changing coastal practices and cultures.

Availability: Semesters 1 & 2, Individual Study; Partially Online Internal.
Venue: Dependent on project
Unit controller: Associate Professor Laura Stocker
Points: 50

Students undertake a supervised independent project either individually or in collaboration with other students in an area approved by the supervisor. On discussion with the course supervisor students may also work with professionals in a workplace on a current sustainability policy or project.

Availability: Semesters 1 & 2, Individual Study; Partially Online Internal.
Venue: Dependent on project
Unit controller: Associate Professor Laura Stocker
Points: 50 each

Students enrolled the Masters course will be required to complete a dissertation. The Advanced Individual Projects can be completed separately or combined into one single dissertation. Projects will be supervised and topics will be should relate closely to sustainability.

For inquiries about particular units please contact the unit controllers:

Topics in Sustainability:
Dora Marinova

Sustainable Cities:
Jeff Kenworthy

Urban Design for Sustainability:
Anne Matan

Sustainability through Deliberative Democracy:
Janette Hartz-Karp

Pathways to Sustainability:
Laura Stocker

Sustainable Coastal Management in the Indian Ocean Region:
Laura Stocker

Leadership in Sustainability:
Peter Newman

Sustainability Studies Practicum:
Peter Newman

Individual Project:
Laura Stocker

Advanced Individual Project:
Laura Stocker