Multiple choice

Portfolio of written work - Case study 500 words, Essay 600 words.

Topic summaries

Lectures will introduce students to issues around the environment and how that impacts on human behaviour and experience. 
Indicative topics include climate change, causes of ill health and death related to the environment, impacts of natural disasters, improving wellbeing through environmental change, changing attitudes and behaviours in relation to the environment, and links between the environment and societal degradation. The goal is to have the experiences of a wide variety of students represented as important topics for study in the module, and the specific topic list is guided by student feedback. Indicative examples are the effects of a poverty environment, alternative political environments, and racism as an environment for psychological processes.

Humans and Their Environment - 3105FNDFHE

Humans and Their Environment

Describe some of the impacts the environment can have on individuals and on societies

Identify specific ways humans and the environment interact and the factors that are involved in this process

Explain the effects of different environments related to a specific issue

Review and summarise scientific literature related to the impact of environmental issues