MSI5121 Sustainability perspectives in practice
Faculty of Science
MSI5121 Sustainability perspectives in practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Science. It isn't offered in 2026. It needs MSI5120.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Indonesia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MSI5121
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After MSI5121
No unit lists MSI5121 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Overview
Building on the awareness of the complex and diverse perspectives on environmental, societal and governance issues in MSI5120, this unit introduces principles of effective communication and collaboration for working with diverse stakeholders to address complex sustainability issues. These include strategies for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral work, negotiation, and persuasion.
The unit also supports you in developing a critical awareness of your own position and perspective on sustainability, how this will influence your practice, and how this may evolve in your career. The unit draws on practitioner insights and examples to illustrate the many challenges and opportunities that come from engaging in this space.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Monash Indonesia term 2 | Indonesia | Flx blk |
Assessment
- Stakeholder essayWritten60%
- Stakeholder presentationPresentation40%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Conduct research to analyse the perspective of a specific sustainability stakeholder, considering their motivations, challenges, and approaches to environmental, social, and governance issues;
- 2
Recognise the complex economic, regulatory and policy regimes that stakeholders influence and are shaped by;
- 3
Use interdisciplinary approaches to evaluate the implications of diverse stakeholder perspectives on sustainability challenges;
- 4
Construct persuasive arguments and apply negotiation techniques based on a specific stakeholder's viewpoint on a complex sustainability issue.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
This unit will be delivered over a period of 6 weeks.
This will include independent self-paced work on online materials and assignments across the teaching period. It will also include synchronous (live) classes. These will be four 2-hour online evening workshops, and one 2-day on-campus intensive (16 hours in total). The combination of classes and independent work will total 144 hours.
This unit will be enriched with a comprehensive set of reading materials, videos, and case scenarios prepared for flexible self-paced online learning.
Throughout the unit, you will apply your learning to a variety of problems, contexts, and challenges.
Theories, frameworks, methods and tools taught to you will be illustrated through real-life case scenarios.
Throughout the unit, you will complete a variety of synchronous and asynchronous activities, and participate in interactive forums that will facilitate engagement with the learning material, and enable collaboration with other learners.
Learning resources
Technology resources
Online requirement: You will be required to engage with learning material delivered in Moodle, to support your learning between workshops. Hence, you may require technology assistance from the University, to facilitate your access to the material (e.g. eSolutions). You will also attend weekly online workshops via Zoom to take part in practical activities.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Annette Bos
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Denis Can Teoman
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MSI5121?
You need MSI5120 before you enrol.
When is MSI5121 offered?
MSI5121 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
How much work is MSI5121?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MSI5121 have an exam?
No. MSI5121 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Science
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20262027