Level 2 Sustainable Societies & Futures (SUS202)

Sustainable Societies and Futures

This Social Sciences course is a fully internally assessed. 

It is a mixture of Level Two NCEA Achievement and Unit standards offered, from a variety of interesting subjects including – Education for Sustainability, Journalism, Art History, Conservation Strategies, and Legal Studies. There are a total of 7 Achievement Standard credits and 10 Unit Standard credits available. 

The focus for this course will be Global Citizenship, NZ society, rights, responsibilities, ideas, and environmental and political issues. Issues will be examined from a Global, National, Local, and personal level.

 Topics may include: climate change and damage to the environment, reducing, reusing and recycling, pandemics, the United Nations and New Zealand, the treatment of women, human rights, social justice, social action, the law, crime and local issues. Views, values and perspectives are a key focus of this course.

Due to the use of Unit Standards in this course it may be more suited to students who find traditional achievement standards, and more traditional subjects, difficult.   It is a great course for students who may not yet have gained NCEA Level 1.

Fieldwork includes: A study of Wellington Sculpture in its physical environment, and the World of Waste Tour. Costs TBC