CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT: ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ANT3CAE
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Environmental issues such as climate change, consumption, globalisation and conserving biodiversity are of growing importance and interest to people around the world. Considering the diversity of human environmental knowledges, beliefs and behaviours, anthropology has an important contribution to make in understanding these issues in terms of theory, empirical research and proposed solutions. Drawing on a range of ethnographic case studies from industrial, rural and small scale societies to illustrate the diversity of human responses to environmental change this subject familiarises students with the main theoretical currents in environmental anthropology and provides them with a selection of anthropological frameworks for thinking about human - environment interactions.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Nicholas Smith
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Students are required to have passed 2 subjects totalling 30 credit points at second year level
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ANT2CAE
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Nicholas Smith
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group based oral presentation (500 word equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO1, SILO4 |
Major essay: 2500 words | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO6 |
Online quizzes (1,000-word equivalent)Two online quizzes | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO4 |