This interdisciplinary unit is available as an elective for students which alternative first year backgrounds. Please consult the School of Geography & Environmental Studies for information.
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
This unit examines the nature of historical geography through the study of geographical change in rural, urban and wilderness regions of Tasmania. Particular attention will be paid to the factors creating the distinctive landscapes of Van Diemen's Land, the demographic and economic transformation occurring between 1850 and 1870, and the processes creating new "Tasmanian" landscapes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The imprint of the past on the present will be examined though consideration of relict features. Landscapes that have disappeared but which may be recovered, landscapes that have disappeared completely and visible only in the documentary record, and landscapes proposed but never implemented will also be considered. The practical program includes two local field trips and four sessions involving the collection of historical data from archival and related sources as preparation for the research essay.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam in June (50%), 3,500-word research essay (50%)
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Resource supported teaching & learning -
H
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options
INTERNATIONALISATION This unit includes specific international contexts/case studies.
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, P Beauty Point. 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, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, K, Q and Y click here for more information.
Resource supported teaching & learning -
H
