2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN5014M Environmental Science and Sustainability for Transport

15 creditsClass Size: 45

Module manager: Dr James Tate
Email: J.E.Tate@its.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

Any student at this University on a programme with environmental interests and analytical content will benefit from this module. Please contact the module team to discuss.

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module equips environment and sustainability students with the knowledge and skills required for specialising in these fields and influencing decision making in transport towards environmentally and socially sustainable solutions.

Objectives

This interdisciplinary module seeks to advance students’ critical abilities to understand and solve real-world environmental problems stemming from transport. It aims to improve the students’ ability to inform and affect decisions in transport involving environmental technologies and policies, resource management and social equity. This objectives of this module are twofold:
- Firstly, students will acquire a well-grounded understanding of concepts of sustainability, the science behind environmental impacts and of governance for environmental and sustainability policy in transport.
- Secondly, it will improve students’ critical assessment of solutions to current transport problems and understand current governance structures in transport policy to achieve sustainability in transport.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Assess the environmental impact transport has on urban environments and communities;
2. Understand the concepts of sustainability used to critically assess policies and strategies that aim to achieve sustainability in transport;
3. Explain the types and theoretical basis of vehicle emission modelling tools and quantify the emission contribution from the road transport fleet now and in future years;
4. Develop inquisitive and critical minds, having the ability to delve into the theory of environmental and sustainability assessment approaches used to evaluate transport and environmental policies and regulations.

Skills Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Apply concepts of sustainability to critically assess a range of policies and strategies that aim to achieve sustainability in transport;
2. Access and use vehicle emission modelling tools, to quantify the emission contribution from the road transport fleet now and in future years;
3. Critically assess and evaluate policies and regulations that aim to improve the quality of urban environments and make them more sustainable.

Competence Standards

On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following competence standards:
1. Collate diverse qualitative and quantitative environmental information, to critically assess the sustainability of cities and their transport and environmental policies.
2. Critically assess approaches and methods used to assess the sustainability of cities and their transport and environmental policies, so outputs can be evaluated objectively to guide policy design and improvements.

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Fieldwork	1	2.00	2.00
Lecture	7	2.00	14.00
Seminar	3	2.00	6.00
Independent online learning hours			28.00
Private study hours			100.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback through workshop discussions. Summative feedback on coursework.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 19/03/2024

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