Module POC3095 for 2023/4
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POC3095: Environmental Knowledge Controversies
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Please note that this module is only delivered on the Penryn Campus.
Module Aims
This module provides an applied introduction to environmental policy conflicts and state-of-the-art ideas for their resolution. In taking a close look at the scientific evidence base on conflictual environmental policy issues, you will come to understand how science is a socially constructed endeavour. You will be able to understand the challenges of producing consensual policy on issues that have a disputed evidence base, and which consequently polarise society.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the role of science in the governance of environmental issues; 2. understand, evaluate and critically apply a range of concepts and theories on the science-policy nexus to the governance of environmental issues; 3. identify and evaluate different methods for reconciling democracy with expertise, and critically assess their contribution. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. find, read, use and critically analyse secondary data relevant to specific issue areas; 5. construct rigorous political arguments. |
Personal and Key Skills | 6. demonstrate in-depth understanding of the processes through which knowledge is socially constructed; 7. work independently to produce coursework to deadlines; 8. respond to a range of views and devise a deliberative strategy to achieve consensus; 9. ability to critically assess and synthesize the diversity of knowledge produced around an environmental controversy. |