EV201 House Keeping What is EV201 about?? • EV201 is the flagship environmental course in Environmental Management. Agenda • It considers the meaning of the environment, not only in a physical and human sense, presenter but withinMeet thethecontext of philosophy and belief. Background • It discusses how people make choices about the environment in the face of Breakout questions uncertainty. Hypothesis • It considers what we understand by environment, and how this varies between Making great products cultures and over time. Comparing Contoso to the competition • The course deals with environmental ethics, how the environment may be History considered within the framework of economics, and how the environment may be Key takeaways quantified. Tips for businesses • EV201 introduces Call to action themes such as resource management and sustainable development, personal responsibilities and roles in environmental and social problems, and how environmental problems and solutions are articulated and evaluated. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 2 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES To provide participants with a wide‐ranging, yet relatively detailed, introduction to the Agenda environment and society of Pacific Islands from a social science perspective. On successful Meet completion of this course, students will be able to: the presenter Background questions 1. Explain Breakout the meaning of the environment in different contexts, cultures and times Hypothesis 2. Demonstrate a practical grounding in environmental ethics. Making great products 3. Explain Comparing the concepts ofthe natural resources, natural resource use, conservation, Contoso to competition environmental management, policy and sustainability. History Key takeaways 4. Relate personal responsibilities and to one’s role in environmental and social problems. Tips for businesses Call to better action 5. Understand issues of social, economic and environmental development as they refer to the Pacific region embedded into historical, developing and global contexts and conceptual frameworks. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 3 Core Teaching Team 4 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 5 6 7 Course Assessment TYPE OF ASSESSMENT Agenda CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT – 60 % 2 Tests Meet the presenter WEIGHT (out of 100) 2 x 10 Background questions 2 Reading Breakout Assignments 2 x 10 Hypothesis Making great products Comparing Contoso to the competition Research Essay History Key takeaways Tips for businesses Call to action FINAL EXAMINATION – 40 % 8/05/20XX 20 Comments/Rationale Two tests (week 5 and week 10) Written assignments about a text provided Each student will identify and then conduct a desktop research on a current environmental issue in any Pacific Island country of their choice and present their research finding in a form of an essay. Comprehensive exam of all topics and concepts covered in the 40 semester CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 8 Course Assessment and important dates Agenda Activity Week Test 1Background 5 Breakout questions Test 2 10 Hypothesis Reading Assignment 01 4 Making great products Reading Assignment 7 Comparing Contoso to02 the competition HistoryEssay Research 11 takeaways Final Key Examination Announced by SMS in week 16 or 17 Meet the presenter Tips for businesses Weighting (%) 10% 10% 10% 10% 20% 40% Call to action 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 9 Tutorials Along with lectures, an important part of your course this semester will be tutorials. The main purpose of these tutorials will be to: Agenda 1. Explore in greater detail some of the issues raised in the lectures 2. Give you theMeet opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns you may have about topics / concepts the presenter covered in the lectures. Background 3. Train you in preparing and presenting to the class a topic closely related to the course. Breakout questions 4. Explore some of the issues by working actively through problems. Tutorials are not lectures. In tutorials the Hypothesis students should be those who are in the center and who are conducting the sessions great products according toMaking their needs and understanding. 5. Discuss andComparing practice Contoso skills necessary for the successful completion of the course to the competition 6. As with lectures, Historyyour attendance at the tutorials will be important to your success in the course and you are expected to attend all tutorials Key takeaways Tips for businesses During the semester there will be 10 tutorials starting in week 2. Each student has to be in one tutorial Call has to action group, i.e. he/she to participate in a tutorial every week. You need to attend at least 60% of your tutorial sessions (i.e. 6 tutorials) in order to pass the course. There will be additional tutorials scheduled in the semester break and between week 10 and the study break. These tutorials are compulsory for weak students8 / 0(students who at this time have lessC Othan 50% of the assessed course work). Other students are 5/20XX NFERENCE PRESENTATION 10 welcome to attend. Assessment Pieces Reading Assignments There will beAgenda two assessments in which students are given a text each and three tasks to complete. You are expected to work with only the texts, read the carefully and complete the Meetmaterials the presenterare needed / allowed. One of the RA is in the first half of the tasks. No extra Background semester, the other one in the second half. In the tutorials Breakout of week questions 2 more information on the Ras are given. Each RA has 10 marks max. Hypothesis In-SemesterMaking Tests great products There will beComparing two in-semester tests. The tests will be conducted online and have questions Contoso to the competition that cover contents of the lectures. Each test has 10 marks max. History Key takeaways Research Essay Tips for businesses Students will conduct some research that include a bit of fieldwork. In one week the tutorials to action will be used Call to prepare for this assignment. This effort will carry 20 marks max. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 11 SCHOOL STUDENT LEARNING SUPPORT (SLS) SERVICES SAGEONS Student Learning Specialists provide you with professional assistance for successful study and help you develop as an independent active learner. Student Learning Support services are Agenda provided at the Hub. The student support staff will: Meet the presenter Respond to your email requests. Background Help you to adapt toquestions the new environment and expectations of students at the USP. Breakout Have one-to-one consultations with you to discuss any challenges that you may be facing in your studies. Hypothesis Connect youMaking to mentors (study buddies) who will guide you and facilitate group discussions with other great products students in your courses. Comparing Contoso to the competition Conduct special workshops to upskill and equip you for your assessments and examinations (e.g. Literature History Review, Report Writing, Presentation Skills, etc.). NB Check your student webmail for advertisements. Key takeaways Help you unpack and understand your assignments and tutorial questions. Tips for businesses Assist you with English language and mathematics basic skills. Call assistance to action Provide specific for students with disability. Assist students who have left school for some years (mature students). Assist students who are not performing up to par. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 12 AT-RISK STUDENTS Extra Help (Remedial) Sessions are provided to students who have demonstrated prior weak performance. Agenda Extra Help Sessions are to be taken in addition to regular tutorials, and a minimum Meet the presenter attendance of 60% in these sessions is required to past the course. Background Students who qualify for Extra Help Sessions will be notified by the Course Coordinator Breakout questions prior to the 3rd week of the semester. Hypothesis The purpose of these sessions is to provide students who have struggled in the past (“C” Making great products grade or less in prerequisite courses) by providing additional contact with teaching staff Comparing Contoso to the competition to help them succeed in the course. History The type of help offered in these sessions is determined by the Course Coordinator. Keyextra takeaways QualifyingTips students will be identified by the School. Based on student marks at midfor businesses action semester,Call theto Course Coordinator may require struggling students to attend Extra Help Sessions during the second half of the semester. These sessions can include extra tutorials, workshops, peer mentoring, etc. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 13 Students are expected to: Spend enough time on Moodle and other activities required in the course Attend all tutorials, workshops, team meetings etc. unless hampered by illness in Agenda which case you must inform your course coordinator and team members. Meet the the presenter Arrange with team members to work in their own times on the project. Background Facilitate the course coordinator with any proof that he/she was sick and unable to Breakout questions attend classes or assessment at the earliest possible time to avoid getting a zero mark Hypothesis for missedMaking assessments. great products Comparing Contoso to competition Students are expected tothefamiliarize them with the rights they have and use proper processes History in achieving them. It is the policy of USP that complaints first need to be takeaways dealt withKey the person who gave reason for a complaint, unless the circumstances are Tips for businesses so severe that this cannot expected from a student to do. For complaints around Call to action assessment, please use the policy in place. This is also required when you want to receive an extension for your work. 8/05/20XX CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 14 15
