his3aeh aust environmental history
AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: GONDWANA TO GLOBAL WARMING
HIS3AEH
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
'Gondwana', the ancient super continent, evolved over forty millenia into several continents including Australia. Just two centuries after European settlement, the human impact on the land, massive species extinction, and climate change, pose serious threats to the continent's fragile ecology. Students will consider Australia's geological origins; Indigenous land use; the competing ideas of land and land use among early settlers; and how various forms of land use shaped, and changed the environment. We will explore in turn how the Australian environment shaped humans. Students will study Australia as part of a global environment, by understanding how settlement was an artefact of colonialism and Empire, and the impact of environmental thinking on Australia and its participation in the global environmental movement. Students will research environmental history locally and/or globally, to understand Australia's changing environment in the context of calls for a sustainable future.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorRuth Ford
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 30 credit points of second-year History and/or Art History
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects HIS2AEH
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Readings | How a continent created a nation, | Preliminary | Robin, L. | UNSW PRESS 2007 |
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Albury-Wodonga, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRuth Ford
Class requirements
Collaborative Based LearningWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours collaborative based learning per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"This subject may be studied in three 1-hour sessions or two 90-minute sessions at any time or on any day. It is completely flexible to work around your schedule."
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"This subject has 2 face-to-face tutorials during the semester, one in Week 33 and one in Week 38"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essay | 25 | |
One 2200 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | 50 | |
Online discussion leadership and group participation with reflective overview (800 word equivalence) | 25 |
Bendigo, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRuth Ford
Class requirements
Collaborative Based LearningWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours collaborative based learning per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"This subject may be studied in three 1-hour sessions or two 90-minute sessions at any time or on any day. It is completely flexible to work around your schedule."
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"This subject has 2 face-to-face tutorials during the semester, one in Week 33 and one in Week 38"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essay | 25 | |
One 2200 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | 50 | |
Online discussion leadership and group participation with reflective overview (800 word equivalence) | 25 |
Mildura, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRuth Ford
Class requirements
Collaborative Based LearningWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours collaborative based learning per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"This subject may be studied in three 1-hour sessions or two 90-minute sessions at any time or on any day. It is completely flexible to work around your schedule."
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"This subject has 2 face-to-face tutorials during the semester, one in Week 33 and one in Week 38"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essay | 25 | |
One 2200 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | 50 | |
Online discussion leadership and group participation with reflective overview (800 word equivalence) | 25 |
Shepparton, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRuth Ford
Class requirements
Collaborative Based LearningWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.0 hours collaborative based learning per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"This subject may be studied in three 1-hour sessions or two 90-minute sessions at any time or on any day. It is completely flexible to work around your schedule."
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"This subject has 2 face-to-face tutorials during the semester, one in Week 33 and one in Week 38"
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essay | 25 | |
One 2200 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | 50 | |
Online discussion leadership and group participation with reflective overview (800 word equivalence) | 25 |