AIG103 - People and Place: An Introduction to Human Geography
Unit details
| Year: | 2019 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Louise Johnson |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online independent and collaborative learning activities equivalent to 1 hour per week and one full-day excursion (7 hours per trimester) |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Excursion: One full day in the field (7 hours per trimester) |
Content
This unit will introduce students to the many components of the human-environment relation explored by Human Geographers. Beginning with the notion of a “natural disaster”, it will focus on those economic, social and cultural dimensions which shape the perception and management of a disaster. From this global starting point, the unit will consider the emergence of industrial and urban societies, the dissemination of such economic and spatial systems to create patterns of uneven development and contemporary debates around national and local inequality, human mobility and sustainability. Study will occur through both abstract and field-based studies. Students will emerge with an array of skills (cartographic, statistical, observational), geographical knowledge and engage in contemporary debates around socio-spatial inequality, the human-nature-animal divide and the future of human settlements.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) – 2 x Seminar Exercises (15% each, 600 words each, total 1200 words) – 30%
Assessment 2 (Group) – Group Assignment (1200 words) – 30%
Assessment 3 (Individual) – Report (1600 words) – 40%
Unit Fee Information
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