HUMAN ECOLOGY AND HEALTH
HLT1HEH
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this unit students will examine the health status of humans as individuals, groups and populations in relation to their adaptation to environmental changes. Content includes humans, their health and disease in relation to ecosystems, the interplay between biological, microbiological and cultural processes, genetic and cultural adaptation to new circumstances and conflicts between the evolution of the hunter-gatherer life style, the process of 'civilisation' and the development of agricultural and industrial communities.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Glenda Verrinder
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: This subject runs in conjunction with BIO10ES Environmental Science.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Human ecology and health | Prescribed | Verrinder, A 2003 | 3RD EDN, LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, BENDIGO |
| Readings | Planetary overload | Prescribed | McMichael, AJ 1993 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE |