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• Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and diversity of sustainability issues across a range of industries and topics both from an Irish perspective as well as in the wider global context
• Demonstrate familiarity with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and identify which SDGs are relevant to a specific project
• Identify and critically assess the different areas of challenges to sustainability within a given project both from an Irish perspective as well as in the wider global context
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 70 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Online Learning | 15 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Presentation: Short presentation of project assessing sustainability challenges. | Week 10 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Continuous Assessment: Completion of different tasks related to final report on sustainability challenges assessment throughout the semester, general engagement with class, participation in discussion boards online, etc. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Project: Complete an assessment of the sustainability challenges of a specific project and write up a report about your assessment. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | Yes | 40 |
Class Test: Short online test on Sustainable Development Goals | Week 4 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities
Feedback on a student's progress will be given to the student throughout the course of the module. As part of the continuous assessment, students will receive feedback on their discussion contributions and question submissions at regular intervals throughout the module. The student will also have the opportunity to receive peer feedback on a draft report handed in at least 3 weeks before the final report deadline. All students will receive their final feedback within three weeks of their report submission. Students have the opportunity to receive peer feedback on their presentations from their fellow students. They will also receive feedback from the module coordinator within three weeks of their presentation. Feedback on the short in class test on the sustainable development goals will be provided online automatically by the test software.
Name | Role |
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Dr Adam Kane | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |