The Sustainability Practicum is a required compulsory course for the Sustainable Societies major. Each section of the course will focus on 1-2 specific UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a specific measurable indicator therein. Led by the faculty instructor, the practicum will be organised around a specific real-world problem that is set in collaboration with an external partner. The students will work on assignments and deliberation-focused class activities that engages with the chosen theme and will culminate into a final deliverable to the external partner (eg. in the form of a report, presentation etc.).
All BSocSc students may also take this course to fulfil their Social Science Practicum requirement.
1. Sensitivity to Developments in Asia: Enhance academic and practical understanding of key sustainability issues across the region. Obtain sufficient knowledge about these issues to engage in design thinking exercises that generate practical and innovative ideas designed to address these problems.
2. Disciplinary Knowledge: Critically evaluate specific sustainability issues through the lens through several social science disciplines, including sociology, political science and psychology. Deepen our knowledge of the sustainability development goals.
3. Critical Thinking: Apply design thinking methodology to generate and refine innovative and practical approaches that can address specific problems.
4. Intercultural Understanding and Thinking: To understand how different cultures experience specific problems differently. To display cultural understanding in designing solutions.
5. Communication: To hone the skill of presenting innovative ideas to experts clearly and engagingly.