Course Description
'Sustainability' as a concept is increasingly emerging as important across multiple sectors – public and private – but few professionals have been trained to work on issues specific to sustainability. This course is intended as a foundation for understanding sustainability; its history as a field of study, its key concepts, and the core competencies necessary for work in the field. The overall goal of the course is to produce educated, engaged, and agentic global citizens. Learners will leave with an in-depth, comprehensive, thorough understanding of sustainability. Whether they are municipal employees, community members, or in the private sector, the course will serve them as empowered actors across a range of settings and sectors.
Course Outline
- Phase I: Foundations
Learn sustainability basics, origins, and challenges.
Explore ways to address sustainability issues. Select and start your capstone project. - Phase II: Application
Focus on specific sustainability sub-categories.
Progress at one module per week or align with your capstone topic. - Phase III: Showcase
Present and discuss capstone projects. Collaborate and learn from peers.
What You Will Learn
- How to define sustainability, and how the idea developed
- Key concepts and major challenges in sustainability
- How to use a systems lens to analyze sustainability challenges
- How people take action to create change in sustainability
- Global perspectives and concerns in sustainability
Micro-credential
This course provides learners with the opportunity to earn a micro-credential. A micro-credential is evidence of a skill or competency that is employment-related. Dalhousie microcredentials are developed in collaboration with employers, industries, and/or organizations related to the content. A micro-credential can be displayed on social media pages, digital resumes, personal web pages, and email signatures. To earn the micro-credential in this course, learners must complete a competency-based assessment successfully.
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To learn more about microcredentials and how they can enhance your learning portfolio, watch this 30-second YouTube video (video opens in a new window).
Recommended For
Anyone — in the general public, or students, or people at any level or role — who wants to understand what sustainability is and why it's important.
