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Dr Rehema White
Sustainable Development Programme Coordinator
Rebecca Petford
Sustainable Development Third Year Student
University of St Andrews Sustainability
Student groups and
initiatives
Research: St Andrews
Sustainability Institute (SASI)
SD Undergraduate Programme:
Interdisciplinary curriculum
Postgraduate teaching:
MSc and PhD
Estates: Sustainable
Development Strategy
Senior Management:
A University goal
Outreach:
teachers and
schools
Interdisciplinarity plus single discipline excellence
Local to global focus
Contemporary issues framework
Critical perspectives
Linking theory to practice and developing range of skills
A unique approach to education for
sustainable development
Principles of degree
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMIC
liveable
equitable viable
SUSTAIN
ABLE
The three legged stool of sustainability
WORLDVIEW
Global
National
Local
Regional
Global
National
Examples of issues covered:
HIV Aids in Ethiopia
European Water Framework
Directive
UK Sustainable Development
Indicators
Scotland’s Sustainable
Development Commission
Fife Council Waste
Management
UN’s five priority areas:
Cross cutting themes:
developing range of skills
Essays
Independent
research
Group work
Popular
articles
Exams
Presentations
Reports
External
linkages
Careers
support
Dissertation (^) Visiting
speakers
Fieldtrips
Reflective
assignments
Debate
Marketing
Time
management
Educational
display
Design
Spiral learning
How is the SD Programme taught?
At every level students combine core SD modules with modules
from other disciplines (both MA and BSc)
e.g. geography, biology, management, modern history, social
anthropology, economics, philosophy, chemistry.
This allows students to tailor individual SD Pathways linked
to disciplines or topics that match their skills, interests and
career goals
Sustainable Development Programme
SD 1002
Sustainability:
ensuring our
common future ( 20 )
SD 2002
Sustainable
Development:
social and
economic aspects
( 30 )
SD 2001
Sustainable
Development:
ecological and
environmental aspects
( 30 )
SD 3002
Review Essay in
Sustainable
Development ( 20 )
SD 3001
Case studies in
Sustainable
Development I ( 20 )
SD 4002
Dissertation in
Sustainable
Development
( 60 / 45 )
SD 4001
Case studies in
Sustainable
Development II ( 20 )
Honours
Social Economic
SD
Ecological
Year
Semester
Worldview
SD 1001
Sustainable
Development:
challenges and
approaches
( 20 )
SD 3003
Research for
sustainable
development ( 20 )
Planned
Example titles:
Biodiversity Action Plans: the business response to the
sustainability agenda
People & Power: A case study of health & health care in an Indian
Tea Garden
Barriers and opportunities for domestic microrenewables to
contribute to reduction in carbon emissions
Green house gas accounting: can and how should it contribute to a
sustainable farming policy in Scotland?
Education for sustainability: the potential for mentoring to enhance
learning
Graduates will be highly literate and
numerate with a capacity to synthesise
across a broad range of issues and
disciplines
Employability in: