Program Overview
Bournemouth University's Sustainable Development in Practice course is a distance learning program that equips students with a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development policies, their application in practice, and the constraints and opportunities that influence their implementation. It includes case studies, practical experience, and optional academic assessment for postgraduate credit.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Sustainable Development in Practice course is a distance learning program offered by Bournemouth University. It focuses on the international policy context of sustainable development, evaluating the effectiveness of policy targets and goals. The course aims to equip students with a critical understanding of the constraints and opportunities influencing progress towards sustainable development in various environmental and socio-economic contexts.
- To evaluate the extent to which policy targets and goals have been achieved.
- To identify lessons learned from past efforts.
- To develop a critical understanding of the constraints and opportunities influencing progress towards sustainable development.
- To understand how scientific principles relating to sustainable development can be applied in practice.
- To gain insight into the relationships between scientific principles, policy, and practice. This assessment takes approximately four months to complete and requires an additional fee of £200.
Other:
- The course considers key international policy initiatives, including Agenda 21, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the work of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD).
- It examines the development and use of indicators of sustainable development.
- The course includes numerous case studies.
- The course provides students with practical experience of applying key methods, such as the development of conceptual models of social-ecological systems and the development of scenarios.
- These methods are widely used to support planning for sustainable development.
