BEX2050 · Climate career bootcamp

Overview

Keen to understand your place in the climate transition? Eager to understand how everyone's efforts can come together to formulate impactful climate solutions? This unit seeks to build an understanding of ‘why’ climate change is happening and the associated impacts, ‘what’ potential solutions exist to tackle climate change across sectors and industries, and ‘how’ you can craft your career to be part of the solution. We'll be exploring the ‘why’ by helping you understand the basics of climate science in an approachable way, including what the difference between adaptation and mitigation is and the relationships between things like the greenhouse effect, global carbon cycles, emissions and global temperatures. You'll also be immersed in ‘What’ the solutions are to climate change — through field visits and workshops you'll learn how to evaluate climate solutions using systems thinking and place-based approaches, understanding what it means to collaborate for change. Specifically, we'll deep dive into specific solutions across energy, built environment, circular economy and nature-based solutions. This unit is run in collaboration with the newly formed Campus Electrification Lab established by Monash to engage students around the journey to Net Zero on our Australian Campus network. Finally you'll be supported to think about the ‘How’ for you! What might it look like for you to craft a career in climate? How will you tell your story about the impact you can make in the climate transition? All of this and more will be part of this experiential and action-based learning experience.

Offerings

Assessment

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

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

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. understand the foundations of climate science and the impacts of climate change locally and globally;
2. evaluate climate solutions using a systems thinking approach while applying principles of justice;
3. apply creative communication skills to influence a diverse range of stakeholders to accelerate climate solutions;
4. define impactful and viable personal career pathways in climate and design a highly focused personal career action plan;
5. demonstrate a capacity for empathic engagement with oneself, colleagues and the planet.

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. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

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