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ENVS8519 – Environmental Health

2022 – Session 2, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor
Associate Professor Paul Beggs
paul.beggs@mq.edu.au
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12 Wally's Walk, Room 413
By appointment
Lecturer
Distinguished Professor Michael Gillings
michael.gillings@mq.edu.au
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Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MEnv or MSc or GradDipEnv or GradCertEnv or MEnvPlan or MPlan or MPH or MSusDev or GradDipSusDev or GradCertSusDev or GradCertDevStudGlobalHlth or MWldMgt or MMarScMgt or MConsBiol or GradDipConsBiol or MDevStud or MScInnovationEnvSc
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit explores those aspects of human health determined by physical, chemical, biological and social components of the environment. The unit explores this relationship through a broad range of local, regional, national and international topics including the interrelationships between physical, biological and socio-economic environments; population and environmental health measures and methods; identifying the causes, impacts and mitigation of environmental hazards; the regulatory framework covering various aspects of local and national environmental health; and emerging issues in environmental health such as climate change and globalisation.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Demonstrate a broad understanding and knowledge of the nature of environmental health issues at different geographic scales - local, regional, national and global.
  • ULO2: Evaluate information in key environmental health reports, journals, and internet resources, and contribute to the public discourse on a range of environmental health issues
  • ULO3: Prepare and present a detailed research investigation on a specific environmental health topic.
  • ULO4: Demonstrate critical, analytical and integrative thinking through class discussions, problem-solving activities and written tasks
  • ULO5: Explain the interdisciplinary nature of the skills and knowledge employed by environmental health professionals in the context of other units of study.

General Assessment Information

Full details of the three assessment tasks will be provided in the unit's iLearn site.

Submission Methods

Assessment Tasks 1 and 2 must be submitted via Turnitin. The Turnitin link for each task will be provided in the iLearn site for the unit.

Assessment Task 3 will require submission of the PowerPoint file for your presentation via Turnitin, and live presentation to the class via Zoom in the Week 12 or Week 13 timetabled classes.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following university standard late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

 

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows:

  • Assessment Task 1 - Research literature review – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies 

  • Assessment Task 2 - Research project report – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies

  • Assessment Task 3 - Class presentation - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Task 1 - Research literature review 30% No 26 August 2022
Task 2 - Research project report 50% No 21 October 2022
Task 3 - Class presentation 20% No 27 October 2022

Task 1 - Research literature review

Assessment Type 1: Literature review
Indicative Time on Task 2: 22.5 hours
Due: 26 August 2022
Weighting: 30%

 

The research literature review is the first of three related components that comprise the major assessment for ENVS8519 - which is to undertake an original investigation into a contemporary environmental health topic drawn from any of the ENVS8519 lecture topics.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate a broad understanding and knowledge of the nature of environmental health issues at different geographic scales - local, regional, national and global.
  • Evaluate information in key environmental health reports, journals, and internet resources, and contribute to the public discourse on a range of environmental health issues

Task 2 - Research project report

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 37.5 hours
Due: 21 October 2022
Weighting: 50%

 

The project report will present the results of your research and investigation into the topic.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Evaluate information in key environmental health reports, journals, and internet resources, and contribute to the public discourse on a range of environmental health issues
  • Prepare and present a detailed research investigation on a specific environmental health topic.
  • Demonstrate critical, analytical and integrative thinking through class discussions, problem-solving activities and written tasks

Task 3 - Class presentation

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: 27 October 2022
Weighting: 20%

 

The oral presentation and background slide will provide a summary of your research project communicating key ideas and issues.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Evaluate information in key environmental health reports, journals, and internet resources, and contribute to the public discourse on a range of environmental health issues
  • Explain the interdisciplinary nature of the skills and knowledge employed by environmental health professionals in the context of other units of study.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

See the Timetable for details of the weekly class:

https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2022/

This unit has a weekly 3-hour Workshop at 5-8pm on Thursdays.

Students are expected to attend this class on campus.

 

See iLearn for resources.

Policies and Procedures

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Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

Academic Integrity

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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook