This document outlines a curriculum for a chemistry through sustainability module. It includes the following key points: - The module is delivered over 6 years and incorporates students from chemistry and environmental science backgrounds. - Learning outcomes are designed to develop graduate attributes and skills related to sustainability. - Assessments include a magazine article assignment, portfolio with short tasks applying skills, and evaluations to monitor the module's effectiveness in teaching sustainability.

1. Social, Economic, and Political Contexts
for Chemistry Through Sustainability.
Dr Katherine J. Haxton #ViCEPHEC19 @kjhaxton

2. Chemistry
Benefits Harms
Polluter
Resource Depletion
Greed
Poverty
Employer
Wealth
Health

3. Chemical
Economic
Political
Societal

5. Year Module Cohort composition
1 15-credits, semester 1 and 2 FHEQ level 5
2 15-credits, semester 2, FHEQ level 4/5
3-5 15-credits, semester 2
FHEQ level 4/5 Chemistry,
level 5 Environmental Science
6
(the semester 2
content is
common to all
pathways)
30-credits, semester 1 and 2 FHEQ level 4 Chemistry
15-credits, semester 2
FHEQ level 4/5 Chemistry,
level 5 Environmental Science;
Module Evolution

6. Graduate
Attributes
Place in
curriculum
Learning Outcomes
and Skills
Content and
Assessment
Design
Implementation
Evaulation and
Reflection
Adapted Deliberative and Dynamic Model for Curriculum Renewal
Desha, C., Hargroves, K. and Smith, M. (2009). Addressing the time lag dilemma in curriculum renewal towards engineering education for
sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 10(2), pp.184-199.

7. 0% 50% 100%
The topics in this module were generally interesting
to me.
I found it difficult to concentrate in 2 hour sessions
I would have paid more attention if there had been
an exam at the end of the module
Exams are more important than coursework
Exams motivate me to learn
strongly disagree disagree neutral agree strongly agree

8. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
I could not reasonably have done more work for
assessment in this module
the criteria used in marking have been made clear in
advance
assessment arrangements have been fair
assessment marking has been fair
I use feedback on past work to help me improve my
work
course work helps me develop skills
strongly disagree disagree neutral agree strongly agree

9. Magazine Article Assignment
• 1500 word magazine
article, using journalistic
writing (inverted pyramid)
• Emphasis on type of
source, style of writing,
relationship between text
and figures

10. Portfolio
3 – 4 short tasks related to specific
sessions
Skills
1. Infographic showing the ingredients of
a common personal care product; brief
report considering the environmental
implications of the ingredients.
• Finding chemical structures
• Drawing chemical structures
• Finding chemical/environmental information
• Referencing
2. Review and comparison of campus
buildings energy certification
• Interpreting energy efficiency graphs
• Calculating carbon emissions from different
electricity providers
• Discussing the link between purpose of
building and degree of energy efficiency
3. Evaluation of ‘wrong’ information on
the internet related to the climate
emergency or other sustainability topic.
• Critiquing information on news and social
media sites
• Finding reliable sources of information

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This module helped me understand sustainability better
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Sustainability is relevant to my degree
% (strongly) agree % neutral % (strongly) disagree