1. General information
Course:
ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Code:
37313
Type:
BASIC
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
340 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Academic year:
2019-20
Center:
501 - FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Group(s):
40
Year:
2
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
JOSU MEZO ARANCIBIA
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini 0.17.2 (Planta baja)
FILOSOFÍA, ANTROPOL, SOCIOL Y ESTÉTICA
926051648
josu.mezo@uclm.es
Lunes y miércoles, de 11:00 a 12:30 y de 15:30 a 17:00
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2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
The subject of Environment, Politics and Society brings together contents from various disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, History, Political Science, among others. It also has some contents related to the areas of Economics and Law, which constitute the core of other subjects included in the degree, such as Applied Economics and Environmental Administration and Legislation.
The purpose of the subject is for students to learn to think about environmental issues as social and political problems: caused by social activities, perceived and defined through social processes, and also ignored, addressed or resolved through social and political processes.
Precisely one of the important elements that distinguish a Graduate in Environmental Sciences from those of other related disciplines is the inclusion in their training of subjects in the area of ¿¿Social Sciences (Economics, Sociology, Law). They provide a much more integrated vision of environmental problems and their possible solutions, taking into account not only the chemical, physical, biological or ecological dimension of environmental problems, but their incardination with the social dynamics that generate them, and must be taken into account to design effective remedies. This knowledge will be a competitive advantage of these graduates for occupations related to environmental education, consulting, public management, and in general all activities that go beyond the direct operation of material processes on the environment and include some element of intervention on social behaviors.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| CB01 | Prove that they have acquired and understood knowledge in a subject area that derives from general secondary education and is appropriate to a level based on advanced course books, and includes updated and cutting-edge aspects of their field of knowledge. |
| CB02 | Apply their knowledge to their job or vocation in a professional manner and show that they have the competences to construct and justify arguments and solve problems within their subject area. |
| CB03 | Be able to gather and process relevant information (usually within their subject area) to give opinions, including reflections on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. |
| CB04 | Transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions for both specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
| CB05 | Have developed the necessary learning abilities to carry on studying autonomously |
| E01 | Ability to understand and apply basic knowledge. |
| E02 | Capacity for multidisciplinary consideration of an environmental problem |
| E04 | Ability to integrate experimental evidence found in field and/or laboratory studies with theoretical knowledge. |
| E05 | Capacity for qualitative data interpretation |
| E07 | Capacity to plan, manage and conserve natural resources |
| E08 | Ability to value goods, services and natural resources economically |
| E13 | Ability to handle software. |
| E28 | Energy management and optimization capacity |
| G02 | Knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). |
| G03 | Good oral and written communication |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Understand the difficulties and limitations of the media in dealing with environmental problems. | |
| Understand the premises, consequences, strengths and weaknesses of proposals for action and resolution of environmental problems. | |
| To know the basic rules of the political decision-making processes on environmental issues in the Spanish political system. | |
| Understand the different opportunities and strategies for participating in and influencing the political decisions of social movements and other stakeholders. | |
| Describe and analyse the structure of the social situation that gives rise to an environmental problem (actors involved, interests, arrangements, strategies). | |
| Analyze the role of scientists in the debate on environmental problems. | |
| To interpret qualitatively and quantitatively public opinion studies on environmental problems. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
6. Units / Contents
-
Unit 1: Environmental problems as social problems
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Unit 2: Ideas about the Environment, Society and Economy
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Unit 3: Responses to environmental problems
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Unit 4: The political process and environmental problems
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Unit 5: Agents participating in environmental policies
7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | R | Description * |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | CB01 CB02 CB03 CB04 CB05 E01 E02 E04 E05 E07 E08 E13 E28 G02 G03 | 1.2 | 30 | N | N | N | |
| Class Attendance (practical) [ON-SITE] | Combination of methods | CB01 CB02 CB03 CB04 CB05 E01 E02 E04 E05 E07 E08 E13 E28 G02 G03 | 1.2 | 30 | Y | N | N | |
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | CB01 CB02 CB03 CB04 CB05 E01 E02 E04 E05 E07 E08 E13 E28 G02 G03 | 3.44 | 86 | Y | N | N | |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | CB01 CB02 CB03 CB04 CB05 E01 E02 E04 E05 E07 E08 E13 E28 G02 G03 | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | Y | |
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | CB01 CB02 CB03 CB04 CB05 E01 E02 E04 E05 E07 E08 E13 E28 G02 | 0.08 | 2 | Y | N | Y | |
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.56 | Total class time hours: 64 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.44 | Total hours of out of class work: 86 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming R: Rescheduling training activity
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Grading System | |||
| Evaluation System | Face-to-Face | Self-Study Student | Description |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 20.00% | 0.00% | There will be a practical test in the classroom, at the end of the quarter, in which problems or cases similar to those examined in the practical classes will be solved. |
| Final test | 60.00% | 0.00% | There will be a final exam, of a theoretical nature, on the contents of the subject |
| Other methods of assessment | 20.00% | 0.00% | Throughout the course, texts aimed at the preparation of practical classes should be read, commented and annotated online. These annotations will be used as a basis for discussion in practical classes. The evaluation will take into account the quantity and quality of the comments made online and in the class itself. |
| Total: | 100.00% | 0.00% | |
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
The evaluation of the subject will take into account three major groups of objectives:
o Content learning
o Capacity for critical analysis of information and application to the proposed cases of theoretical learning:
- Adequate integration of theoretical elements in resolution of practical problems
- Understanding the complexity of problems
- Correct understanding of quantitative and qualitative information
o Capacity for written expression, attention to work well done, attention to details, precision.
- Correct presentation of ideas and arguments
- Correct use of information and documentation sources
There is no minimum grade in any of the evaluable parts. Whenever the weighted average is greater than five, the subject will be approved, regardless of the partial notes.
There is no rescheduling for the evaluation of the comments and annotations to the online texts, and of the practical classes: the grade of the ordinary call, whatever it is, is kept for the extraordinary call (but if it is less than five, it can be taken again in later courses).
The grade equal to or greater than five of the practical test and the final theoretical test is kept for the extraordinary call or for the following years.
o Content learning
o Capacity for critical analysis of information and application to the proposed cases of theoretical learning:
- Adequate integration of theoretical elements in resolution of practical problems
- Understanding the complexity of problems
- Correct understanding of quantitative and qualitative information
o Capacity for written expression, attention to work well done, attention to details, precision.
- Correct presentation of ideas and arguments
- Correct use of information and documentation sources
There is no minimum grade in any of the evaluable parts. Whenever the weighted average is greater than five, the subject will be approved, regardless of the partial notes.
There is no rescheduling for the evaluation of the comments and annotations to the online texts, and of the practical classes: the grade of the ordinary call, whatever it is, is kept for the extraordinary call (but if it is less than five, it can be taken again in later courses).
The grade equal to or greater than five of the practical test and the final theoretical test is kept for the extraordinary call or for the following years.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The practical test and the final theoretical test will be carried out on the same date. Each student will perform only the test that he or she failed in the ordinary call, or in previous years.
Grades equal or superior to five of the three evaluated parts of the subject are kept for successive calls.
Grades equal or superior to five of the three evaluated parts of the subject are kept for successive calls.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
It is similar to the extraordinary call, but for those students who did not receive a grade equal to or greater than five in the comments and online annotations in previous calls, the practical test will have a weight of 40%.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 86 |
| Problem solving and/or case studies [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Unit 1 (de 5): Environmental problems as social problems | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 8 |
| Unit 2 (de 5): Ideas about the Environment, Society and Economy | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 4 |
| Unit 3 (de 5): Responses to environmental problems | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 8 |
| Unit 4 (de 5): The political process and environmental problems | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 4 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 4 |
| Unit 5 (de 5): Agents participating in environmental policies | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
| Class Attendance (practical) [PRESENCIAL][Combination of methods] | 6 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
