Climate Change Science and Policy (L7030)
Climate Change Science and Policy
Module L7030
Module details for 2010/11.
18 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
This course takes an interdisciplinary view on both the scientific basis of claims of future climate change and the social science perspectives on policy responses. In doing so it combines theoretical and evidence based elements of climate science and policy construction. Half of the course is dedicated to providing a sound basis for undergraduate level understanding of the science of contemporary climate change for the present-day and in the future. The other half provides the foundations for a critical understanding of the basis of current national and international approaches to climate change policy.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to
1. Critically reflect on knowledge claims about climate change, and contribute to on-going debates about the subject.
2. Provide a credible description of the evidence for an anthropogenic influence on climate.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of published material on climate science and knowledgeably comment on predictions of future climate change.
4. Demonstrate awareness of the diversity and interdisciplinarity of research into contemporary environmental and climatic change.
5. Demonstrate knowledge and critically evaluate the basis for current national and international approaches to climate change policy.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 50.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Exercise | Spring Week 9 | 100.00% |
| Unseen Examination | Summer Term | 50.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Term | Lecture | 1 hour | 222222022000 |
| Spring Term | Seminar | 1 hour | 000000011000 |
| Spring Term | Practical | 2 hours | 000000100000 |
| Summer Term | Lecture | 1 hour | 222220000000 |
| Spring Term | Film | 2 hours | 022222000000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Prof Dominic Kniveton
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