BIOL40110 Global Challenges and Green Issues: Policy and Innovation

Academic Year 2015/2016

A module that overviews global challenges, green issues, policy and the multidisciplinary research themes associated with the Structured PhD Programmes of UCD's Earth Institute (http://www.ucd.ie/earth).

This module consists of a seminar series (roughly 15 seminars), given by leading figures from academia and the private sector. Each seminar will have associated reading material. These seminars will take place over 3 consecutive days at the end of the first semester (typically the 1st week in December).

This module will only run if numbers exceed 20. This will be confirmed in early October.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

To gain a broad understanding of the contemporary Earth Science issues relating to energy, the environment, climate change and policy.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

14
Autonomous Student Learning

111
Total

125
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.



 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Multiple choice

100

 Throughout the Trimester

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

Students who fail this module will be given the opportunity to obtain a minimum passing grade by being given a written assignment on a specified topic from the module.