Students should gain from the course the following:
1. An understanding of environmental management approaches in Australia and internationally.
2. The ability to analyse environmental management in relation to the major principles of sustainable development, defined broadly as: Biodiversity conservation; The Precautionary Principle; Economic sustainability; Intragenerational equity; and Intergenerational equity.
3. The capacity to translate generic concepts and methods into critical reviews of contemporary, real-world environmental management practices.
4. The capacity to critically assess theoretical and conceptual issues relating to environmental management utilising dialectical analysis approaches.
5. The ability to present synthesised and critically evaluated information in oral and written forms.
6. The ability to work effectively to create environmental management analysis outputs of professional quality, both independently and within team environments.

There are no required resources for this course.

Although there is no prescribed text for this course, if you do not have any background in Physical Geography or Environmental Science, the following book is highly recommended: Strahler A.H. (2013) Introducing Physical Geography. 6th Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester UK.

Weekly reading materials will be provided for Environmental Management students. The articles, book chapters and reports are available on MyUni (under Content/Readings: Online Content links) and should be used to supplement lecture and workshop activities. Beyond these, numerous references will be provided during lectures and workshops. It is also recommended that you use the library databases such as Scopus, Web of Science or Google Scholar (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/) to access academic publications relevant to the weekly topic or your assignments.

 There are a number of teaching and learning modes in this course.

· The course lectures provide factual information and conceptualise approaches to environmental management, initially in relation to the important tenets of Sustainable Development and secondly on Environmental Risk.
· The workshops provide a forum in which students can learn about techniques to critically analyse approaches to environmental management and present their analyses during debates with other students. The workshops are framed in part by the different approaches to dialectical analysis that allow for the resolution of disagreements through rational discussion from opposing viewpoints. The workshops will also provide an opportunity for students to raise questions or points of interest during discussions.
· The debate and the essay provide opportunities for students to undertake research that will allow them to articulate in both oral and written form, their appraisal of contemporary environmental management decision-making.
· Finally, a final exam will assess the extent to which students have developed their understanding throughout the course.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
· Structured learning (lectures and workshops): 3 hours per week
· Background reading and reading for specific workshops: 2 hours per week
· Debate and essay research and preparation: 5 hours per week (average)
· Exam revision: equivalent of 2 hours per week (average)

Schedule

Week	Week Beginning	Lecture	Workshop (attendance compulsory)
Week 1		1 Introduction to the course & environmental challenges 2 Does environmental management equate with sustainable development?	1  Course introduction
Week 2		3 Biodiversity 4 The Precautionary principle	2 Debating contentious Topics in Environmental Management
Week 3		5 Sustainable economic development I 6 Sustainable economic development II	3  Critiquing an environmental management decision
Week 4		7 Natural Resource Management I 8 Natural Resource Management II	4  Break – no workshop
Week 5		9 Social equity and environmental management I  10 Social equity and environmental management II	5  Environmental management debates
Week 6		11 Introducing the Exam + Urbanisation 12 Mid-Semester Exam	6  Environmental management debates
Week 7		13 Sustainable Development via Ecological modernisation? 14 The Risk Society	7 Environmental management debates
Week 8		15 Climate change & human populations 16International governance & climate change	8 Preparing for the essay
		Mid-Semester Break
Week 9		17 PUBLIC HOLIDAY 18 The dominant critique: Political Ecology	9  Break - no workshop
Week 10		19 Agriculture I 20 Agriculture II	10  Risk and social learning
Week 11		21 Energy I 22 Energy II	11  Preparing for the roundtable
Week 12		23 A country case study: Switzerland 23 Summary	12  Essay roundtable

Assessment Task	Due Date	% of total grade	Value	Learning Objectives
Workshop Attendance	Workshop attendance	5 – to obtain this you will need to attend 90% of workshops or more & participate in the Essay roundtable	1-6	N.A.
Assignment 1: Debating contentious issues of environmental management	To be announced in workshops	15 – part of this mark is allocated in relation to how well the debating team worked collaboratively.	1-6	Failure to attend your team’s debating session will result in loss of all marks.
Assignment 2: An essay critiquing a recent environmental decision	Wednesday 29th October 2014 + discussion during workshops	40 – Critiquing an environmental management decision	1-3, 5-6	5% per working day Failure to attend & discuss your essay during the “Essay Roundtable” will result in the loss of your workshop attendance mark (5%)
Final Exam	Semester 2 Exam Period	40	1-6f	N.A.

There are no assessment requirements additional to those above and below.

Attendance at workshops (5% of your final mark)

Workshop attendance is compulsory and will be assessed as part of this course. You will be required to sign-off at each workshop and must attend at least 90% of the workshops to receive the full 5% allocation for this part of the course. Attendance at the Essay Roundtable final workshop session is also compulsory, so failure to attend and participate will result in the loss of your full workshop attendance mark (5%).
You should contact the course convenor to explain why you have missed a workshop and will need to have written evidence such as a medical certificate, if you do not wish to be recorded as absent. For each workshop you are absent below the 90% attendance threshold you will lose 1% of your total mark, down to the maximum of 5% lost. Failure to attend and participate in the final “Essay roundtable” workshop at the end of semester will lead to the total loss of the attendance mark (full 5%).

Students should be well prepared for each workshop and participate in the discussion. Take notes from the lectures and your readings, so that you are able to raise issues in the workshop seminars.

Assignment 1: Debating contentious issues of environmental management (15% of your final mark)
 
Debates on contentious issues in Environmental Management
In two teams of three (one for the affirmative and one for the negative), you are to debate the contentious issues in sustainable development under formal debating conditions. Debating topics include: the Commonwealth takeover of the governance of the Murray-Darling Basin; the establishment of an Urban Growth Boundary for Adelaide; future energy sources for Australia; a price on carbon dioxide emissions in Australia; off-shore oil drilling; whaling in the South Pacific; Australian marine parks; and forestry policy in Tasmania. Students should choose a topic early in the semester.
Failure to participate in your group’s debate without a valid excuse will lead to the loss of all of your debating marks.

Assignment 2: Critiquing an Environmental Management Decision (40% of your final mark)
 
Essay topic - Critique a recent decision made regarding an environmental issue by an international organisation, a government department, an NGO or an industry body. Describe the environmental management issue, explain why it is important, and present a critical analysis of the management response in relation to the key tenets of sustainable development.
Length - 2000 words +/- 10%, excluding references and appendices
 
Participation in the “Essay Roundtable” – You will need to briefly argue whether the decision you critiqued would lead to sustainable development. Failure to attend and participate will lead to the loss of your workshop attendance mark (5%).

Final Exam: Final 2 hour exam during the Semester 2 exam period - 40% of total assessment.

The essay (assignment 2) will need to be submitted electronically via both the ICC site and the Turnitin Assignment tool. The links for both the ICC site and the Turnitin Assignment tool have been created for you under the Assignment page in the MyUni site for the subject. You can upload your assignment directly by following the prompts. For guidance on how to submit your assignment electronically via MyUni, go to http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/tutorials/ and click on the “Submit an Assignment” tutorial.
You will need to upload a pdf version of your assignment to the ICC site AND a Word version of your essay to Turnitin.

Assignment 2 must be lodged in electronic form by the given due date and time to avoid penalty. A penalty of 5% will be deducted per day that an assignment is submitted late.

Assignments will be printed out and marked in hard copy form and made available to be picked up by students at the end of the semester. If you wish to have final work sent to you, you MUST also supply a stamped, self-addressed envelope when submitting the final piece of work. Only one envelope is necessary.