SOCIETY, PEOPLE AND PLACE

GEG1SPP

2021

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Society, People and Place provides an introduction to Human Geography by exploring how our worlds are shaped through the complex relationships between people, culture and our built and natural environment. It aims to evoke your geographical imagination in learning how we view and experience the world, particularly an awareness of how place, space and the environment shape human life. Key concepts and methods in thinking geographically are introduced and require thinking and asking questions about the world, from everyday life to the global scale, by critically engaging with academic texts, popular media, data and visual analysis.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorMelissa Kennedy

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 1 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveYes

Learning ActivitiesLectures, tutorials, opinion posts, infographic, essay

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

PrerequisitesN/A

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Provide examples of theoretical traditions which have developed to investigate urban and rural life.

02. Explain the current and future social and cultural underpinnings of rural and urban change through written, graphical and oral presentation.

03. Develop skills in understanding, obtaining and analysing various sources of quantitative and qualitative data relating to social change and population trends in Australia and elsewhere in order to provide critical and confident reporting of social trends in urban and rural Australia.

04. Interpret contemporary population, settlement and demographic trends locally and globally.

Subject options

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Bendigo, 2021, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorMelissa Kennedy

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
Infographic (equiv 1000 words)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
Essay (1,700-word)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4
3 x 350 word opinion posts (1, 050 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2021, Semester 1, Blended