ATS3922 · Eco-Visions: Climate change in European thought, literature and visual culture

Overview

European-language ideas and thinkers have played a vital role in shaping our understanding of the origins, motivations, and solutions to climate change. In this unit you will explore how these traditions have exposed dominant ideologies, critiqued power, and transformed our perceptions and ways of communicating about a changing environment.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify and discuss key thinkers and philosophies of the European intellectual tradition;
2. articulate and apply theoretical frameworks in the analysis of cultural texts regarding human induced effects on the environment;
3. conduct a research project and communicate findings in an oral, written or multimedia response;
4. assess the relevance of theoretical frameworks as applied to potential research projects.

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. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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