Overview
In recent years the Australian news media has contained some consistent themes – and so we are all well aware of the clash between development projects and environmental concerns. How is the peace kept? How do development and the environment co-exist? You will explore the nexus of international agreements, government policy and corporate governance principles with respect to environmental policy. You will explore the rationale that links more specialist units of study at CQUniversity – Environmental Management Systems, Environment Impact Analysis and units teaching practical environment quality measurement skills.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Students reported that replacing the customary 'lecture' with multimedia learning content makes for a more engaging learning experience.
Maintain the learning design for the unit.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Two similar mini-essays could be made more diverse.
An adjustment to assessment written tasks will be made.
- Explain the concepts that underpin development and environmental policy
- Analyse the peak processes that organisations need to put in place to gain an environmental consciousness and abide by Government environmental management policy and legislation
- Discuss the extent to which the application of environmental policy could have ameliorated a recent Australian environmental issue.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 10% | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
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| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.hewson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Welcome to the Anthropocene
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Waking the Snake
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Environmental Policy – Historic Drivers
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Environmental Policy - International Agreements
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Environmental Policy – Big Ideas
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Environmental Policy – Australian Drivers
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Australian Development and Environment Policies
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Regional and Local Development and Environment Policies
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Development Company Policy and Procedures
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Rocks in the Policy River
Chapter
All learning materials relevant to the week are on the Moodle site.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Case study preparation
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Case study preparation
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
There are two assessed Moodle Q*A forum debates for the EVST11001 unit.
The idea behind these debates is peer learning. Each debate requires you to undertake two tasks.
You will firstly lodge a forum submission of around 350 words. Your opinion is drawn from the learning material. Each forum then requires a second action from you by the due date: you make a short, respectful and reflective reply to two of your colleague's posts.
Further detailed instructions and the debate question is provided in the Moodle site for EVST11001. Debate #1 relies on your understanding of weeks 1 and 2 learning content.
Week 4 Monday (25 Mar 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Week 6 Monday (15 Apr 2024)
Lecturer written feedback via Moodle Grade.
The Moodle site for EVST19008 contains a document detailing the marking criteria for the two forum assessments – in general, the marking accounts for:
- a structured and engagingly written opinion drawing on unit materials;
- within the word limits - around 350 words;
- learned opinion on more than one related concept;
- grammar and spelling;
- submission of the original post on or before the deadline; and
- commentary on other student posts on or before the deadline.
- Explain the concepts that underpin development and environmental policy
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
2 Written Assessment
The written case study assessment applies the unit learning of weeks 3, 4 and 5 to a specific and contemporary Australian development project environmental issue. You will examine the issue in the light of documents that explore:
-The historical drivers of environmental policy.
-The international agreements that have moulded environmental policy and legislation.
-The body of knowledge concerning the balancing of economic and environmental perspectives.
Specific guidance and material on the case study are provided in the EVST11001 Moodle site.
Week 7 Monday (22 Apr 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Week 9 Monday (6 May 2024)
Lecturer feedback via Moodle Grade
Your case study will be marked based on a criteria sheet available from the EVST11001 Moodle site – in summary, the marking criteria are based on the degree to which the case study:
-Illustrates knowledge synthesis from the unit learning activities;
-extended knowledge from further scholarly literary source material;
-illustrates undergraduate student level attention to documentstructure, logical argument progression, reader engagement, correct citation and referencing format, sentence construction, grammar and spelling; and
-within word limits.
- Explain the concepts that underpin development and environmental policy
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
3 Written Assessment
There are two assessed Moodle Q*A forum debates for the EVST11001 unit. This second debate requires you to undertake two tasks.
You firstly lodge a forum submission of around 500 words. Your opinion is drawn from the learning material. Each forum then requires a second action from you by the due date: you make a short, respectful and reflective reply to at least two of your colleague's posts.
Further detailed instructions and the debate question is provided in the Moodle site for EVST11001. Debate #2 relies on your understanding of week 6 learning content.
Week 10 Monday (13 May 2024) 9:00 am AEST
A Moodle based Q&A Forum
Week 11 Monday (20 May 2024)
Lecturer written feedback via Moodle Grade.
The Moodle site for EVST11001 contains a document detailing the marking criteria for the two forum assessments – in general, the marking accounts for:
- a structured and engagingly written opinion drawing on unit materials;
- within the word limits - around 500 words;
- learned opinion on more than one related concept;
- grammar and spelling;
- submission of the original post on or before the deadline; and
- commentary on other student posts on or before the deadline.
- Discuss the extent to which the application of environmental policy could have ameliorated a recent Australian environmental issue.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
4 Written Assessment
The written case study assessment applies the unit learning of weeks 7 to 10 to the same specific and contemporary Australian development project environmental issue as utilised in Case Study #1. Weeks 11 and 12 of the term are specifically set aside for you to complete the task.
You will examine the issue in the light of documents that explore:
-Australian Government development and environmental policy and legislation;
-relevant state Government development and environmental policy and legislation; and
-development management organisation environmental policy and procedures.
Specific guidance and material on the case study are provided in the EVST11001 Moodle site.
Review/Exam Week Monday (3 June 2024) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week Friday (14 June 2024)
Lecturer feedback via Moodle Grade
Your case study will be marked based on a criteria sheet available from the EVST11001 Moodle site – in summary, the marking criteria are based on the degree to which the case study:
-Illustrates knowledge synthesis from the unit learning activities;
-extended knowledge from further scholarly literary source material;
-illustrates undergraduate student level attention to documentstructure, logical argument progression, reader engagement, correct citation and referencing format, sentence construction, grammar and spelling; and
-within word limits.
- Analyse the peak processes that organisations need to put in place to gain an environmental consciousness and abide by Government environmental management policy and legislation
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
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