ATS2871 Environmental ethics
Faculty of Arts
ATS2871 Environmental ethics is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2871
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS2871
No unit lists ATS2871 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3871, AZA2871, AZA3871
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.
Overview
The current global environmental crisis poses both philosophical and urgent political challenges. This unit examines the implications of environmental concerns for our moral concepts and our current way of life. Should non-human animals have rights? What about species or ecosystems? What is the value of wilderness? How might our values, institutions, and way of life have to change in order for humanity and other species to have a future?
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Argumentative Writing ExerciseOther15%
- Essay40%
- Weekly Critical EngagementOther10%
- Final TestOther35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1On successfully completing this unit, you should have a good understanding of the ethical issues raised by environmentalism and by the ethical limits placed on human behaviour by our environment.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- 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 includes problem-based learning approaches, where students 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 students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ATS2871 is part of 8 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.
- BIOETHIC03Level 2 and 3 elective unitsBioethicsNo reviews yet
- HUMNGEOG06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsHuman geographyNo reviews yet
- HUMNGEOG09Level 2 and 3 elective unitsHuman geographyNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDS05International studies electivesInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDY09Level 2 and 3 elective unitsInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDY10Level 2 and 3 elective unitsInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- PHILSPHY05Level 2 and 3 elective unitsPhilosophyNo reviews yet
- PHILSPHY06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsPhilosophyNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Robert Sparrow
- Unit Coordinators
- Scott Robinson
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2871?
ATS2871 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2871 offered?
In 2023, ATS2871 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS2871?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2871 have an exam?
No. ATS2871 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2871?
ATS2871 is part of Bioethics, Human geography, International studies and Philosophy.