ant3cae culture and environment anthropological approaches to environmental issues
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.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorNicholas Smith
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
Learning ActivitiesN/A
Capstone subjectNo
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Prerequisites Students are required to have passed 2 subjects totalling 30 credit points at second year level
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsANT2CAE
Equivalent subjectsN/A
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
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WBL addtional requirementsN/A
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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorNicholas 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* |
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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 |