SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 8

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

Lectures: 1pm Mon, Tues, Fri

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr I M Okafor-Yarwood

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Noleen Chikowore; Dr Fernando Benitez; Dr Antje Brown; and Dr Ife Okafor-Yarwood

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module builds on the core material of SD1000 and SD1004 of SD Year 1. SD Year 2 explores sustainable development and human security (semester 1) and sustainability and nature (semester 2). This semester, incorporating the human security discourse into sustainable development, this module focuses on four themes representing overarching approaches for developing sustainability solutions, whose interests they represent and their implications on the “individual” as the referent object of security and sustainable development. Engaging the human security components allows us to understand the implications of sustainable development, or lack thereof, on the people whose development we seek to sustain. Through critical interrogation of approaches to the sustainable development of which the SDGs are currently at its core and human security, this module will explore the benefits and trade-offs implicit in different dimensions of sustainability and their implications.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SD1000 AND PASS SD1004

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS SD2001 OR TAKE SD2001

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework.

Re-assessment

100% written examination

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

3 lectures (x 10 weeks); 1 tutorial (x 4 weeks); 1x 5hr field trip

Scheduled learning hours

40

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

160

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • By the end of this module, the students should be able to: • Analyse new and emerging frameworks for interrogating Sustainable Development and Human Security.
  • • Explain the interactions or lack thereof between sustainable development and human security.
  • • Critically analyse the centrality of global governance to sustainable development and human security.
  • • Understand the politics of and the practical application of sustainable development policies and differentiate them from theoretical ones.
  • Through the lectures, seminars and assessments, you will develop skills relevant to further studies and future employment: • You will develop your ability to identify critical demands of tasks, manage your time effectively, work collaboratively in groups, and present your ideas effectively.
  • • Develop competence in designing and presenting sustainable development and human security to academic and non-academic audiences alike.