Advanced Sustainable Development: SP&P (014GA)
Advanced Sustainable Development: Sustainability in Policy and Practice
Module 014GA
Module details for 2025/26.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module learning outcomes
Define what the STEPS Pathways Approach is and its relevance to analysing and informing sustainability policy and practice in today’s complex, dynamic world.
Articulate the relevance and use of the Pathways Approach across multiple contemporary sustainability agendas, transcending both research and policy/practice.
Apply the Pathways Approach and related conceptual and methodological approaches applied examples of sustainability policy and practice.
Demonstrate a critical awareness of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Pathways Approach against other, high profile contemporary sustainability concepts and ideas.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (3500 words) | Semester 1 Assessment Week 1 Thu 16:00 | 70.00% |
| Coursework | 30.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Report | T1 Week 9 | 66.67% |
| Presentation | T1 Week 8 (15 minutes) | 16.66% |
| Presentation | T1 Week 11 (15 minutes) | 16.67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Fieldwork | 2 hours | 00000010000 |
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 2 hours | 00000000001 |
| Autumn Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 11111101110 |
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