GC0001 SUSTAINABILITY: SEEING THROUGH THE HAZE (1.0 AU)

The course wi ll discuss sustainability from perspectives of various disciplines, including humanities, business, policy, economics, and science. Students will learn about sustainability through a case study of oil palm plantation. The course will be composed of the following 6 modules. The course is supplemented by Module SI , which helps broadening students’ perspectives on sustainability.

Module I : General Introduction
Module 2: The Global Seeding of Oil Palm
Module 3: Recent Expansion of Oil Palm in South East Asia: How and Why did this happen?
Module 4: How is Oil Palm Production Affecting Environment, Climate and Human Society?
Module 5: Making Oil Palm More Sustainable
Module 6: General Conclusions
Module SI: National Geographic (Nat. Geo) talk

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    ELStudent

    This module is easy and one can finish it within 3 hours. Compulsory mod that adds nothing to my uni studies tbh. Disliked it incredibly and seems like NTU just wants students to take it for the sake of saying they offer such a mod. To give you an idea of how little NTU cares about the actual results of this mod, every section has a quiz and after you submit, they TELL U THE ANSWER on the next page so ypu can resunmit and get a 60% minimum grade lmfao joke

    June 13, 2021
  • ntumods

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    Year Taken: AY19/20, Sem 1
    Grade: Pass

    An online module dedicated to the impacts of palm oil production. Just do it within the first 3 weeks of the semester before you forget about it (which you won’t because the department spams your email constantly towards the end of the semester).

    This review was reposted with the kind permission of Roy. Originally published at https://djtangent.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/eess-y1s2-2020/

    June 11, 2021
  • ntumods

    NM Admin

    Year Taken: AY17/18, Sem 2
    Lecturer: N/A
    Assessments: Recap quizzes (pass/fail)
    Workload/difficulty: Low/easy

    I am of the belief that this module should be renamed “Palm Oil” instead. Thanks to this module, I went on a Lush shopping spree because their products are “environmentally friendly” and don’t include palm oil. Should I say: primed by palm oil? Anyway, stop using palm oil, guys. (But don’t be a victim of capitalism either.)

    This review was reposted with the kind permission of Gwyneth. Originally published at https://gwynethtyt.com/2021/06/01/ntu-psych-mods/

    June 11, 2021
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    RX LEE

    A super easy mod about sustainability and palm oil production. Should be a no-brainer.

    May 27, 2021

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