Energy
UndergraduateTAS-KEA1032024
Previously TAS-XBR117
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Energy
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Articulate the technological, social, environmental, economic and political factors affecting energy use and energy policy
- Calculate direct and embodied energy consumption using information from a range of sources
- Explain the complex issues related to the ongoing energy debate and illustrate your findings in reports and presentations
- Energy fundamentals
- Carbon cycle and coal
- Petroleum and gas
- Unconventional hydrocarbon, nuclear and geothermal energy
- Solar and hydroelectric energy
- Wind and ocean energy
- Biomass energy
- Energy storage
- Electricity grids, carbon capture and storage and climate science
- Energy economics and the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM)
- Energy economics, future projects and "limits to growth"
- Carbon emission reduction schemes and energy equality
- The future of energy: hope or despair?
This subject is an elective of the Diploma of Sustainable Living course and explores the interlinked scientific, technical, environmental, economic, social and political factors that have shaped society's energy usage and which will impact on future energy policy and decision making. Energy science, technology, usage and energy policy affect almost all facets of modern life. Energy is the single most traded commodity in the global economy, it is a significant factor that affects political decision making at global, national, state and local levels, and a major determinant of economic and social wellbeing. Ensuring future responsible, equitable, access to affordable energy for both developed and developing societies is one of the most significant challenges currently facing humanity. Critical and wide-ranging examination of this issue is a major focus of this subject. This subject will facilitate active and informed student participation in the ongoing debate regarding current and future global energy policy and alternatives. Students will learn about conventional, alternative and potential future energy sources and then set this knowledge in the context of important economic, environmental, social and political factors that affect energy policy.
- Log/Workbook - Energy audit (calculations) (20%)
- Online Quizzes x 6 (25%)
- Energy Audit Report (20%)
- Energy in Society (Peer Review) (10%)
- Energy in Society Presentation (25%)
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Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
TAS-XBR117-Energy (no longer available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Lecture material (content) will be pre-recorded and made available via MyLO before the start of each teaching week. Students are encouraged to participate in one-hour online tutorials during the weeks that they run. Recordings of tutorials can be accessed via the Zoom tutorial link in MyLO. Tutorials will commence in week 2 of semester and occur at a range of times that may change through the semester to accommodate the needs of students and depending on student attendance. Tutorial times will be initially decided by student poll in MyLO in week 1. It is expected that students will commit between 5-6 hours per week to this subject. MyLO Discussion boards are used extensively in this subject, and students are encouraged to ask questions and share ideas. You will get much more from this subject if you do. More details on the different discussion boards can be found in the subject overview materials.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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