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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Ruth Coulson.
Prerequisite: Biological Science C or equivalent.
Contact: This subject is offered externally, normally with up to four hours contact time on campus.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate a deeper understanding of current issues relating to the human impact on the environment.
Content:
An examination of current environmental issues, including supply and allocation of resources, pollution, maintenance of genetic diversity and land-use conflicts, in the context of human biological and cultural evolution and explosive population growth. Issues are also viewed in terms of politics and economics and as conflicts in values.
Assessment:
A 3000-word assignment (50 per cent); three equally-weighted assignments of approximately 1,000 words each (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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