Postgraduate Course: Climate Change: Policy and Practice (BIME11027)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | We will discuss how climate change will have major consequences for food production, water availability, ecosystems and human health, migration pressures, and regional instability; to review the international legislation and policy that hopes to address some of these issues. |
| Course description |
This course explores broader climate change related policy and strategy, examines the extent and manner in which this translate to practice through implementation, and considers what the impacts and consequences are to livelihoods, societies and wider environmental and economic agendas.
The course initially explores the particular challenges that individual species face at both the leading and trailing edges of climate shifts. We explore the relationship between climate change and disease and, critically, the social justice implications of climate policy and the subsequent impact on other environmental and sustainability targets. The course examines initiatives that attempt to address these challenges.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
18/09/2017 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme. |
| Feedback |
Summative assessment consists of a written element, worth 60% of the total mark, and an online element worth 40%. In both cases, comprehensive written feedback is provided individually with 15 working days of the assessment deadline. Students are expected to reflect on their feedback, to seek additional clarification if appropriate, and to use this to improve on future assignments of a similar nature.
Formative assessment consists of discussion around what is expected of each piece of assessed work for the course. This is conducted in an open discussion forum for all students to contribute to and provides an opportunity to clearly understand the key requirements for each assignment before submission. Any student can post questions about the assignment and a response will be posted on the discussion board by the course tutor within 3 working days.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Define what is meant by the term 'climate change' and be able to reference the scientific evidence that reinforces this definition.
- Appreciate the difficulties in global unilateral agreement to effect policy related to climate change; and the gulf between developing and developed nations.
- Understand the consequences of climate change and the challenges faced in trying to overcome them.
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Reading List
| The course will draw from current literature and other publications relevant to the topic. A reading list will be provided for each lecture. |
Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.web.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
This course encourages an appreciation for the interface between science and social science and the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to studying global issues. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ellie Devenish-Nelson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3508
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Lyndon Zahra
Tel: (0131) 651 5232
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