Bachelor of Sustainable Communities | 2019

Overview

Complex environmental, economic, societal challenges are confronting global communities and posing real uncertainty about our future pathways. Population growth, food, water and energy security, social and cultural inequality, climate change, environmental risks and resource depletion, economic instability, intensified urbanisation and emergent ‘smart’ technologies all suggest a volatile future. In light of this, communities, governments and organisations face the challenge-filled task of creating just and sustainable communities where environments are protected, equitable social and cultural relations can flourish and economic livelihoods can prosper. The focus on sustainable communities has never been stronger. Graduates with the skills to conceive of and activate solutions are much sought after across the public, private and community sectors.

UOW’s Bachelor of Sustainable Communities, offered through the Faculty of Social Sciences, is a multidisciplinary degree that provides the breadth of understanding necessary to appreciate these challenges and a range of skills needed to provide solutions for sustainable communities. You will study subjects from disciplines including Human Geography, Social Policy, Health and Society, Cultural Studies, Economics and Commerce, Science and Technology Studies, International Studies, Politics and History. You will acquire the knowledge to understand the complexity of challenges facing sustainable communities, and the skills and problem-solving abilities to help plan for, create and maintain them in a volatile world. You will have the opportunity to gain career-relevant skills in practical settings and for overseas study to investigate how other countries are seeking to create and maintain sustainable communities. The degree will position you to make a purposeful difference to creating a sustainable future. Our Sustainable Communities degree is taught by outstanding teachers and researchers. They feed their leading-edge research into their teaching and are passionate about the degree and the issues it addresses. The UOW’s Illawarra context provides an outstanding urban and regional living laboratory in which to explore the challenges of and solutions to sustainable communities.

Entry Requirements and Credit Arrangements

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:

 Course Structure

The Bachelor of Sustainable Communities requires the successful completion of at least 144 credit points, comprising:

1. 96 credit points of core subjects; and
2. a minor and 24 credit points of elective subjects, or
   48 credit points of elective subjects.

No more than 60 credit points of 100 level subjects shall be completed. 

Minors

Minors are not compulsory in this degree, however students may choose to complete a minor from the following recommended list or from the General Schedule of Minors:

• Conservation Studies
• Environmental Crisis and Response
• Future Cities
• Spatial Methods

Electives

Elective subjects may be chosen from the recommended list below or from the General Schedule. General Schedule subjects recommended for this degree include subjects with the prefix HIST, ECON, SOC, STS, INTS, INDS, CST.

Recommended electives

For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page.

Other Information

For further information email: ssc@uow.edu.au