ARTS2240: Environment and Development

	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School:  School of Humanities
	Course Outline: School of Humanities Courses 2012
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
	Equivalent: COMD2050, HPSC2550, INST2401, ENVP2001
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable
	Available for General Education: Yes (more info)

Description

Subject Area: Environmental Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Development Studies; Globalisation Studies

This course is about sustainable development along with the technological and social changes that are involved in achieving it, both at a national and global level.

It is divided into three parts:
(1) the historical causes of the present global environmental and economic crisis;
(2) possible solutions to problems of food production, environmental degradation, industrialisation, energy use, and population growth;
(3) ideas for a New World Economic Order and the economic and technological changes required to bridge the ever increasing gap between rich and poor nations.