Hobart, Launceston
This unit is offered on campus in Hobart and via a mix of web-based and on-campus delivery in Launceston and Cradle Coast.
Introduction
This foundation unit in Geography and Environmental Studies develops your knowledge of how people depend on nature, and how increasingly the conservation of nature depends on people. We will explore these relationships through a values lens: how nature is important for its own sake, how natural resources are important to people, and how nature is important for people's wellbeing. Workshops will provide you with tools to map social and ecological landscapes, argue for the conservation and use of nature, and present these arguments to others. Some workshops will be conducted in the field in and around Hobart and Launceston. This unit will be useful in a wide variety of occupations and professions, as well as your understanding of nature in everyday life.
Summary 2022
Unit name | Nature, People, Place |
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Unit code | KGA172 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
Discipline | Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
Coordinator | Dr Dave Kendal (Hobart) |
Teaching staff | |
Level | Introductory |
Available as student elective? | Yes |
Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1 | solve conservation and sustainability challenges using geographical knowledge of ecological and social systems |
2 | identify and analyse different value positions that shape human relationships with nature |
3 | apply geographical skills to collect ecological and social data, and use this to create basic maps and graphs |
4 | communicate critical thinking through literatureābased research, visual presentation of geographic data, teamwork and practices of academic integrity |
Fees
Requisites
Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
- XPD123
- KGA122
- KGA152
- KGA162
- JFA109
Teaching
Teaching Pattern | 1 x 2-hr seminar per week, 1 x 2-hr workshop per week |
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Assessment | AT1 Weekly online quizzes (30%) AT2 Presentation (20%) AT3 Case or problem activated learning (20%) AT4 Position paper(30%) |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | |
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Recommended | Dahlman, C.T. and Renwick, W.H. 2015. Introduction to Geography: People, Places & Environment, 6th edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ. |
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