UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

APG5230 Field studies in climate governance

Faculty of Arts

APG5230 Field studies in climate governance is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before APG5230

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After APG5230

No unit lists APG5230 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prohibitions: APG4430, APG5430

Overview

In this unit, you'll take a deep-dive into climate governance, engaging with a variety of industry professionals through a field trip and stakeholder workshop. By applying a political economy lens, you'll examine governance challenges in the transition to net-zero and the trade-offs involved in ensuring equitable adaptation. The unit adopts an international perspective, allowing you to explore multi-level governance and navigate complex decision-making processes where diverse interests intersect. Ideal for students eager to understand the political dynamics of governance, this unit will guide you in integrating climate mitigation and adaptation with broader strategic priorities. Through an experiential learning approach, you'll develop the skills to effectively engage diverse stakeholders and foster cooperation across multiple scales.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterClaytonImmers blk

Assessment

  • Analytical exerciseExercise
    15%
  • ReflectionWritten
    35%
  • EssayWritten
    50%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    analyse the key principles underpinning effective climate governance;

  2. 2

    apply climate governance principles using the case explored in the field study;

  3. 3

    assess present-day needs and future needs in a balanced manner with reference to the concepts of resilience and uncertainty;

  4. 4

    critically evaluate multi-actor and multi-scale partnerships in supporting effective climate governance;

  5. 5

    synthesise relevant scholarship and develop a personal voice in communicating complex ideas.

Workload and teaching

  • Applied sessions8 hours
  • Lectures9 hours
  • Workshops18 hours
  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching
  • Teaching approachProblem-based learning
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachField trips

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. This unit involves an additional requirement of a Field trip.

This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.

This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.   

This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities. 

This unit provides you with opportunities to participate in experiential learning by visiting cultural, geographical and/or industrial sites relevant to your studies.

Where it fits

APG5230 is part of 1 area of study in the 2025 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Colette Mortreux
Chief Examiners
Dr Colette Mortreux

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for APG5230?

APG5230 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is APG5230 offered?

In 2025, APG5230 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.

How much work is APG5230?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does APG5230 have an exam?

No. APG5230 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include APG5230?

APG5230 is part of Environment and governance.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
Human Geography Anthropology & Development Studies
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available