ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY: GONDWANA TO GLOBAL WARMING

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Overview

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. You will 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. You will examine settlement as an artefact of colonialism and Empire, and how environmental thinking impacted on Australia and shaped its participation in global environmental movements. You will research environmental history in local and global contexts.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

School

Subject coordinator

Jennifer Jones

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 3 - UG

AQF level

Level 7 - Bachelor Degree

Available as elective

Yes

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject
Capstones provide students with a way of integrating and applying knowledge and skills gained throughout their course.

Yes

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Learning resources

Prereading - Book - How a continent created a nation

Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

COMMUNICATION - Digital Capability

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:

Examine historical issues by undertaking research according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline.

Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of conceptual approaches to interpreting the past.

Identify and interpret a wide variety of primary and secondary materials.

Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past.

Demonstrate an understanding of at least one period or culture of the past.

Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative in audio, digital, oral, visual or written form.

Learning activities

Weekly team discussions; synopses, online postings; research essay; examination

Enrolment rules

Special conditions

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: Students must have completed 30 credit points of level 1 subjects.

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