课程详述

COURSE SPECIFICATION

以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请联

系授课教师。

The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen

circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be directed

to the course instructor.

课程名称 Course Title

可持续发展导论 Foundation of Sustainable Development

授课院系

Originating Department

社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences

课程编号

Course Code

SS092

课程学分 Credit Value

课程类别

Course Type

通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses

授课学期

Semester

秋季 Fall

授课语言

Teaching Language

英文 English

授课教师、所属学系、联系方

式（如属团队授课，请列明其

他授课教师）

Instructor(s), Affiliation&

Contact

（For team teaching, please list

all instructors）

王雨副教授 Associate Professor Wang Yu

南方科技大学社会科学中心 Center for Social Sciences, SUSTech

e-mail：wangy63@sustech.edu.cn

实验员/助教、所属学系、联系

方式

Tutor/TA(s), Contact

无 NA

10.

选课人数限额(可不填)

Maximum Enrolment

（Optional）

授课方式

Delivery Method

讲授

Lectures

习题/辅导/讨论

Tutorials

实验/实习

Lab/Practical

其它(请具体注明)

Other（Please specify）

总学时

Total

11.

学时数

Credit Hours

12.

先修课程、其它学习要求

Pre-requisites or Other

Academic Requirements

无 NA

13.

后续课程、其它学习规划

Courses for which this course

is a pre-requisite

无 NA

14.

其它要求修读本课程的学系

Cross-listing Dept.

无 NA

教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS

15.

教学目标 Course Objectives

Specifically, this course aims to help the students:

 Understand knowledge of sustainable development and related challenges encountered in a globalized world;

 Develop comprehensive understanding of the interdependence of social development, economy and

environmental protection

 Master research skills for analyzing major policy and reform strategies modern governments adopt in the

promotion of sustainable development

16.

预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to

 Understand basic concepts and principles in sustainability studies;

 Identify and engage with key sustainability and development debates;

 Apply theoretical concepts and principles to specific environmental dilemmas;

 Critically valuate current approaches to various development issues.

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课程内容及教学日历（如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明

主讲人）

Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if

this is a team teaching or module course.)

Week 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development (2-credit hours)

 Self-introduction

 Course introduction: the syllabus

 Requirements for individual presentations and term papers

 Concepts and interpretations of sustainable development

Week 2: Urbanization, Globalization and the Environment (2-credit hours)

 The environmental and socioeconomic impacts of urbanization

 Anthropocene and planetary boundaries

 The Globalization debates

Week 3: Governments, International Organizations and Agreements (2-credit hours)

 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

 Climate change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

 The Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement

Week 4: Individual Presentation and Group Discussion (2-credit hours)

 Topic one: social and political dilemmas of international cooperation in providing common goods (e.g. reduction

of pollution and emission of greenhouse gas) and institutional solutions to these dilemmas

Week 5: Energy and Sustainability(2-credit hours)

 Fossil fuels for power at a turning point

 New clear controversy

 Hydropower controversy

Week 6: Water and Sustainability(2-credit hours)

 Water distribution at different regions, sectors and populations

 The neo-liberalization of water provision

 Water related hazards mitigation and prevention

Week 7: Food and Sustainability(2-credit hours)

 Hunger, poverty alleviation and international aid

 Agricultural production and the environment

 Food safety and trust

Week 8: Individual Presentation and Group Discussion (2-credit hours)

 Topic two: how to ensure equal, stable and affordable provision of water, energy and food in the developing

world? What are the main deficiencies of the current model of international aid? To what extent, and in what ways,

are the Chinese model of aid different from the Western ones?

Week 9: Water-Energy-Food Nexus (2-credit hours)

 The linkage between water, food and energy

 The “silo” effects, trade-offs and policy disconnections

 Understanding the nexus approach and paradigm reform

Week 10: Gender and Socioeconomic Equality (2-credit hours)

 Cultural and institutional challenges to gender equality

 A feministic perspective on sustainable development

 Socioeconomic inequalities: the world system theory and critics of capitalism

Week 11: Individual Presentation and Group Discussion(2-credit hours)

 Topic three: how to address problems of fragmentation and balance trade-offs in policies and institutional reform

for promoting sustainable development?

Week 12: Urban Sustainability (2-credit hours)

 Sustainability challenges to mega cities

 Urban resilience and climate change

 The political ecology of urban infrastructure

Week 13: Individual Presentation and Group Discussion(2-credit hours)

 Topic four: what are the main political, cultural and institutional obstacles to gender and socioeconomic equality?

What can decision-makers and individuals do to promote equality?

Week 14: Biodiversity and sustainability (2-credit hours)

 How does biodiversity contribute to sustainability?

 Challenges to biodiversity conservation

 Discourse and scalar politics of biodiversity conservation

Week 15: Individual Presentation and Group Discussion (2-credit hours)

 Topic five: sustainable cities – debates, discourses and implications of new urban development paradigms (e.g.,

smart city and eco-city) and re-production of urban space

Week 16: Responsible production and consumption (2-credit hours)

 Institutions and regulations for sustainable production

 Corporate social responsibility

 Awareness building and individual consumption behaviour

 Reflection of the course and conclusion remarks

18.

教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings

The course instructor will provide supplementary readings before each session of the lectures

课程评估 ASSESSMENT

19.

评估形式

Type of

Assessment

评估时间

Time

占考试总成绩百分比

% of final

score

违纪处罚

Penalty

备注

Notes

出勤 Attendance

10%

Those who miss more than three

classes since the fourth week will fail

课堂表现

Class

Performance

15%

Participation in class discussion

小测验

Quiz

课程项目 Projects

平时作业

Assignments

25%

An individual presentation that will

serve as a start of the discussion

sessions

期中考试

Mid-Term Test

期末考试

Final Exam

期末报告

Final

Presentation

50%

Term paper

其它（可根据需要

改写以上评估方

式）

Others (The

above may be

modified as

necessary)

20.

记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM

 A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading

 B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading

课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL

21.

本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过

This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority