Summary
Sustainability is a broad discipline, including aspects of the human world from business to technology to the environment and the social sciences.
The field of environmental and business sustainability looks at reducing carbon emissions, discovering and developing the technologies of the future. Sustainability draws on politics, economics, philosophy and other social sciences as well as the hard sciences.
Sustainability skills and environmental awareness is a priority in many corporate jobs at the graduate level and as businesses seek to adhere to the new legislation as well as international best practices.
Subject Matter Expert
Farrah Feldman is an environmental science and adult education consultant based in Cape Town. She has a National Diploma and BTech in Nature Conservation from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology as well as Postgraduate Diploma in Adult Education from the University of Cape Town.
Farrah has 14 years of experience in biodiversity conservation, sustainability development and adult education in South Africa. She has supplemented all of her knowledge with additional short courses to enhance her practical skills base. She has travelled throughout South Africa working on pre-construction Wind Energy Facility sites, participated in various national environmental skills forums, and developed cross-sectoral course material for diplomas in environmental management, health and safety, construction management as well as agriculture. Farrah has worked with Eskom, Trans-Africa Projects, City of Cape Town, WWF-SA, Conservation International, NCC Environmental Services as well as other partners over her career.
Tutor Support
Each course is assigned its own Online Academic Tutor, who is ready and waiting to guide and assist their learners throughout their learning experience.
The Online Academic Tutor who is assigned to your course, is trained to build each student up to reach their fullest potential. Students can expect their Online Academic Tutor to answer questions, offering advice and provide further clarification on any academic aspects.
Course and Technical Requirements
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
To successfully access and complete this course, you will be required to have a registered email account, access to a computer/laptop/tablet and stable internet connection. You will be required to be familiar with using a computer as you may need to be able to read and download documents in Adobe PDF Reader, view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Our online short learning programmes may require additional software applications. These additional software applications requirements will be communicated to you in this information pack and/or on the website course page. Damelin Online does not provide any additional software applications required for online short learning programmes.
Please note: Google, YouTube and Vimeo may be used in our online course delivery. If any of these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficult in accessing our course content.
How We Engage with Students
Our online short learning programmes are broken into self-paced manageable modules designed to be interactive and engaging:
- The programme is available to be viewed on smart devices and includes mobile, tablets and personal computers.
- Relevant case studies, articles and recommended reading are part of supplementary resources available.
- Apply and evaluate what you have learned in each module with the self-grading quizzes and assignment submissions
- View a range of Introductory course videos by your Subject Matter Expert.
- Scheduled live webinars are included with the Online Academic Tutor.
- Network, collaborate and interact with your fellow participants and Online Academic Tutor via the discussion boards.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this online short learning programme, you will be awarded with a Damelin Certificate of Completion.
