About the course

Concern about environmental issues is fuelling vigorous policy debates. These debates raise questions concerning the social and ethical limits of technology, the role of science in decision-making and the development of a just and sustainable world. The environmental issues raised can be viewed in terms of how the knowledge, values and opinions underlying current debates are socially constructed. What changes in social values are manifest in the environment debates? What forums and institutions provide the conditions for information and discussion to take place? This course will address these questions.

This course is available in the following programme(s):

OP7213 Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Management Level 7
OP7214 Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Level 7
OP7010 Bachelor of Applied Science

What's in the course

Topics covered in the course include:

• Social construction of knowledge
• The influence of public relations on the media
• Values and ethics in environmental debates
• Institutional practices and environmental impacts

What students learn

On completing this course, students should be able to:

• Discuss the ideological factors which naturalise and legitimate environmentally negative practices
• Analyse the ways these ideological factors constrain the terms in which environmental issues are debated
• Evaluate communication strategies that influence the parameters of environmental debates
• Critically examine their own cultural and conceptual heritage with respect to its environmental impact

Prerequisite

Co-Requisites

Assessment

Fees

New Zealand Student Fee $588.00

Additional Fee Information

What do I do now?

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