ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: GONDWANA TO GLOBAL WARMING
HIS3AEH
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Ancient Gondwana evolved over forty millennia into several continents including Australia. Since European settlement, the human impact on land, massive species extinction, and climate change, pose threats to the continent's fragile ecology. Students consider Australia's early geological history; Indigenous land use; competing ideas of land use among early settlers; and how various forms of land use shaped, and changed the environment. We also explore how Australian environments shaped humans. Students examine settlement as an artefact of colonialism and Empire, and how environmental thinking impacted on Australia and shaped its participation in global environmental movements. Students research environmental history in local and global contexts. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking Essential. Sustainability Thinking entails deep appreciation of how our actions and choices affect the natural, economic, social, political and cultural systems - now and in the future.
School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 30 credit points of first-level subjects or coordinator's approval
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
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
Learning resources
How a continent created a nation
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prereading
Author: Robin, L.
Year: 2007
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: UNSW PRESS
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: 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
Albury-Wodonga, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Bendigo, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Mildura, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
On-Line, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ruth Ford
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
Shepparton, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Jennifer Jones
Class requirements
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours unscheduled online class 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
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One 1000 word reflective essayTake home exam equivalent | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
One 2000 word research essay [abstract and annotated bibliography mandatory] | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6 |
Online discussion postings and discussion x 3 (1000 word equivalent in total)Responding to student feedback, the online posting and discussion of 300 words each will be assessed in week 4, 8 and 12 to encourage timely participation. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |