Environmental Management, Sustainability And Development

The course provides students an interdisciplinary survey of the broad range of contemporary environmental issues and concepts. Students will examine options for developing more sustainable communities and lifestyles in the face of local and global change.

COURSE AIMS

1.    To enable students evaluate the diverse influences of human activity on the natural system;

2.    To Develop in students a sense of responsibility and concern for the welfare of the environment and all other life forms which share this planet;

3.    To discuss natural resources glut as a primary trigger of conflict and environmental degradation.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1.    Evaluate the diverse influences of human activity on the natural system;

2.    Demonstrate a sense of responsibility and concern for the welfare of the environment and all other life forms which share this planet;

3.    Demonstrate understanding of the link between natural resource glut on the one hand and conflict and environmental degradation on the other.