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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313196 v.2 Sustainable Development Double Degree Major

Introduction

This major focuses on the manner in which societies, and individuals within those societies, interact with the physical and cultural environment in which they live. Geography gives emphasis to the spatial and environmental relationships within and between cultural landscapes at local, regional, national and international scales. The focus is on three main themes - environmental management, urban, rural and regional development, and regional studies.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
311922 v.1   Engaging in the Humanities 100 3.0 25.0
312593 v.2   People and Environment 111 3.5 25.0
  50.0
Year 1 Semester 2
311926 v.2   Communicating with Asia: Languages and Societies 100 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311925 v.2   Senses of Place 100 3.0 25.0
312591 v.2   Sustainable Development and Environmental Uncertainty 112 3.5 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
312589 v.2   Sustainable Environments 211 3.5 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 2
312588 v.2   Sustainable Livelihoods 212 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 1
312327 v.2   Researching Sustainable Futures 311 3.0 50.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 2
312328 v.1   Building Sustainable Futures 312 3.0 50.0
  50.0
Optional Units (No Year Level Specified) Hrs/Wk Credit
307915 v.1   Rural Resource Planning 311 3.0 25.0
312576 v.2   Sustainable Resource Management 222 3.0 25.0
312577 v.2   Natural Hazards- Risk, Vulnerability and Adaptation 221 3.5 25.0
312585 v.2   Titans and Transformations: Japan, China, India 212 3.0 25.0
312587 v.2   International Political Economy 222 3.0 25.0
312597 v.2   Sustainability: Sociocultural Perspectives 223 3.0 25.0