ATS3268 · Sustainable Tuscany: Critical perspectives and culture

Overview

Sustainability plays a key role in shaping today’s Italy and its global appeal. This unit enables you to foster a critical perspective on sustainability issues through engagement with a range of cultural and creative industries, engagement with local experts, and community. You will be exposed to timely sustainable cross-discipline projects that highlight the tradition of creativity and innovation that Italy is known for worldwide. The unit does not require any knowledge of Italian. If you are completing a minor or major in Italian you will are strongly encouraged to utilise your Italian language skills through assessment in Italian (appropriate to your language level).

Areas of study: European languages

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. critically identify and analyse the relationship between tradition, innovation, and sustainability in today’s Tuscany;
2. critically evaluate key aspects of Italian and European sustainability issues in Italian, European, and global contexts;
3. interpret a variety of cultural texts and their relevance to intercultural awareness;
4. communicate effectively in written and oral academic formats in both individual and group work;
5. research a specific sustainability topic using appropriate media, grey literature, and interdisciplinary academic sources.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. This unit is taught intensively.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.