ATS2265 Sustainable Tuscany: Critical perspectives and culture
Faculty of Arts
ATS2265 Sustainable Tuscany: Critical perspectives and culture is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2265
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS2265
No unit lists ATS2265 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: You must have completed 12 credit points of first year level units.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Sustainability plays a key role in shaping Italy and its global appeal. This unit enables you to foster a critical perspective on sustainability issues through engagement with a range of cultural and creative industries, engagement with local experts, and community. You will be exposed to timely sustainable cross-disciplinary projects that highlight the tradition of creativity and innovation that Italy is known for worldwide.
The unit does not require any knowledge of Italian. If you are completing a minor or major in Italian you are strongly encouraged to utilise your Italian language skills through assessment in Italian (appropriate to your language level).
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2265.
Assessment
- Exercise/sExercise30%
- Analytical exerciseExercise15%
- PitchPresentation20%
- Individual reportWritten35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically identify and analyse the relationship between tradition, innovation and sustainability in today's Tuscany;
- 2
critically evaluate key aspects of sustainability issues in Italian, European and global contexts;
- 3
interpret a variety of cultural texts and their relevance to intercultural awareness;
- 4
communicate effectively in written and oral academic formats in both individual and group work;
- 5
research a specific sustainability topic using appropriate media, grey literature, and interdisciplinary academic sources.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
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 is taught intensively.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ATS2265 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Samuele Grassi
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Samuele Grassi
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2265?
ATS2265 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2265 offered?
ATS2265 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS2265?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2265 have an exam?
No. ATS2265 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2265?
ATS2265 is part of European languages.