Healthy People and Planet PG (11927.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Flexible On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Public Health | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit will introduce students to the evidence and scholarship that recognises limits - limits to human population growth, resource use, economic growth, pollution, climate and the concept of existential risk. This is a 21st century Public Health challenge and it is important that graduates can work within frameworks of sustainability. However, we are still learning how to do this, and existing approaches are not guaranteed success so it's important that students understand and critique these. Importantly the unit seeks to understand public health consequences of different development trajectories. The unit includes an examination of population policies and rights-based reproductive health and family planning, issues which which may be politically sensitive but have profound impact on health and wellbeing. It applies the theoretical learning to the local context to critique sustainability transitions and public health consequences of current policy.
1. Apply an integrated understanding of models developed to understand, and convergent thinking on healthy and sustainable people and planet;
2. Apply key concepts relating to people (population) and planet, such as the ecological footprint, human carrying capacity and planetary boundaries and major determinants and consequences of human population change;
3. Critically analyse metrics, measurement techniques and frameworks used in examining health, wellbeing and (sustainable) development; and
4. Evaluate public health consequences of policy, programs and community effort to achieve sustainability transitions.
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Apply an integrated understanding of models developed to understand, and convergent thinking on healthy and sustainable people and planet;
2. Apply key concepts relating to people (population) and planet, such as the ecological footprint, human carrying capacity and planetary boundaries and major determinants and consequences of human population change;
3. Critically analyse metrics, measurement techniques and frameworks used in examining health, wellbeing and (sustainable) development; and
4. Evaluate public health consequences of policy, programs and community effort to achieve sustainability transitions.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10061 Limits to Growth PGAssumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2025 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Flexible | Dr Ro McFarlane |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-Campus | Dr Ro McFarlane |
The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit
timetable.
Required texts
Required reading is provided with the relevant modules.
This includes journal articles, and reports
For background reading, Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., & Behrens, W. W. (1972). The limits to growth. New York, 102.
is available on the canvas site courtesy of the Donella Meadows Institute.
Participation requirements
The tutorials are designed to develop skills to tackle complex problems working in groups, face to face
Required IT skills
None
Work placement, internships or practicums
None