Environmental sustainability and the welfare state

Course: Environmental sustainability and the welfare state
Course Number: 78
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 78 SEMESTER 6th & 8th
COURSE TITLE Environmental sustainability and the welfare state
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES: No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No
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  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
The course Environmental Sustainability and Welfare State introduces the relevant debate on sustainable debate with public policies for environmental protection and for the mitigation of social inequalities and social exclusion.

Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be in the position to:

  • Define the term and concept of sustainability
  • Perceive the perspective and approach of environmental sociology in the exploration of society-nature relations.
  • Know and analyze the Millennium Development Goals.
  • Recognize the significance of intersectoral, horizontal public policies in addressing the environmental and socio-economic crisis
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Respect for the natural environment

Critical thinking
  1. COURSE CONTENT
The courses expands over 13 weeks and is structured in the following way:

1.            The contribution of classical sociology in understanding society-nature interaction.

2.            Basic understanding of welfare state theory

3.            The emergence of environmental sociology

4.            The concept and content of environmental inequalities

5.            Environmental inequality at the world level

6.            The environmental movement in the framework of new social movements theory

7.            The concept and concept of environmental sustainability

8.            International organizations, environmental protection and social welfare

9.            Social consequences of environmental protection

10.          Millennium Development Goals

11.          Environmental and social policy in Europe

12.          Environmental and social policy in Greece

13.          Holistic public policies for environmental protection and social welfare
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of databases, eclass for communication and information sharing and powerpoint presentation in lectures and for students presentations
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 60
Interactive teaching 40
Independent work towards oral presentation 30
Presentation of oral assignment and feedback 20
Course total 150
 
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Formative

Presentation of oral assignment during the course or written exams in the end of the semester (June) 100%

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Karamihas, Ι., Botetzagias, Ι., (2009). Environemntal Sociology, Kritiki, Athens (in Greek).
  • Papavasileiou, V., Xanthakou, G., Andreadakis, N., Nikolaou, E., Kaila, M. (2020). The social dimension of sustainability. Refugees, migrants and vulnerable groups, Diadrasi, Athens (in Greek).
  • Papadimitriou, E., Fragkopoulos, I. (2018). Environental Inequality – Space, Cultural Representations and Social Practices, A. Tziola & Sons, Thessaloniki (in Greek).
  • Sakellaropoulos, Th., Economou, H., Skamnakis, H., Aggelaki, M. (Eds.) (2018), Social Policy, Dionikos, Athens (in Greek).
  • Skourtos, S. M., Sofoulis, M. K. (2005). Environmental policy in Greece. Analysis of the environemental problem form the perpective of social sciences, Dardanos, Athens (in Greek).

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

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  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:
  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of students eligible to participate in the examination.