SLE716 - Environmental Protection
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Trevor Thornton |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week. |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
The unit will enable students to identify the broad range of types and causes of environmental protection issues, such as impacts to the air, water and land, waste and noise pollution, and to determine the most applicable management approach based on the triple bottom line. The unit will also provide an understanding of the rationale and benefits of management approaches within a broad range of commercial and industrial sectors. Tools and techniques, legislative and policy directions and approaches, risk assessment, economic and social decision making, general environmental duty, and sustainability to achieve improved environmental outcomes will be some of the topics addressed within this unit. It is important that those responsible for management of environment issues recognise what responsibilities may be imposed, and what the consequences from poor management approaches are. It is also important that proper evaluation of alternate management practices be conducted utilising such techniques as life cycle analysis, risk assessment, and the precautionary principle. New concepts like knowledge co-production and co-designed solutions, inclusiveness, cultural appropriateness, and the shared responsibility of producers and consumers, along with other dimensions of sustainability as reflected in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Understand types and causes of environmental impacts associated with a broad range of organisations. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Develop a capacity to identify and integrate social, economic and environmental considerations into the decision-making process for managing environmental issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Understand how technology can be utilised/managed to minimise impacts on human society and the environment. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Locate sources of data and resources for managing environmental protection issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Communicate strategies to manage environmental issues. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Written exercises | Two 750 word environment protection implementation written exercises | 30% (2 x 15%) | Weeks 2 and 5 |
| Assessment 2 Policy analysis | Written discussion and Environment Protection Policy analysis, 2,000 words | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3 Evaluation report | Environment Protection evaluation written report, 3,000 words | 40% | Week 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SLE716 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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