This unit will be offered on the Cradle Coast campus, subject to student enrolments and staffing. Lectures will be provided via Lectopia and workshops will be delivered by an internally based tutor.
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
KGA171
H,L,W
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 1
22-FEB-2010
23-MAR-2010
12-APR-2010
28-MAY-2010
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
DESCRIPTION This introduction to human and physical geography develops your knowledge of global patterns and processes of environmental and social change. The unit explores issues such as climate change, population growth, poverty, food security, natural hazards and resource depletion through an integrated study of earth systems, human development and their interactions. Workshops develop your skills in critical thinking and communication, systems analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods, fieldwork and mapping. In an era of economic globalisation and global environmental change, this unit enhances understanding of the global context of everyday life, as well as being vital to a wide variety of occupations and professions. It should be taken with the complementary unit, KGA172 Space, Place and Nature, as the basis for intermediate and advanced units in Geography & Environmental Studies.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT:
2-hr exam in June (40%), 1x1 500-word essay (20%), workshop portfolio (30%), on-line quizzes (10%)
TEACHING PATTERN:
2 x 1-hr lectures per week and 3-hr workshop per week, comprising a combination of practical, field and tutorial teaching.
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
Web dependent -
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