303961 v.2 Undergraduate Units Available for the Double Degree in Geography and Geographic Information Science
Introduction
The following is a list of undergraduate units offered within the Double Degree for Geography and Geographic Information Science. Students should consult the Department of Social Science to determine the availability of units in the current year.
| Optional units (No year level specified) | Hrs/Wk | Credits | |||
| 9830 | v.5 | Politics 321 - International Relations | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 1436 | v.4 | * | Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks | 4.5 | 25.0 |
| 1437 | v.4 | * | Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality | 4.5 | 25.0 |
| 1438 | v.4 | History 111 - History of India in the 17th Century | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1439 | v.4 | History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1454 | v.4 | Geography 106 | 2.5 | 12.5 | |
| 1576 | v.6 | Australian and Intercultural Studies 111 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1577 | v.6 | Australian and Intercultural Studies 112 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1973 | v.4 | Anthropology 112 - Social and Cultural Anthropology in a Changing World | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 1974 | v.5 | Anthropology 215 - Traditional Aboriginal Anthropology | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2485 | v.5 | Anthropology 211 - Work, Economy, Environment - Global and Local Transformations | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2487 | v.5 | History 211 - Medieval Europe - Living and Dying and Remembering | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2488 | v.5 | History 212 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2491 | v.4 | * | Geography 211 - Rural and Regional Australia - Land Use Trends, Technological Change, Environmental Degradation, Demography, Inequality and Planning | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 2492 | v.4 | * | Geography 212 - Research Perspectives in Geography | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 2493 | v.4 | * | Geography 213 - Australian Cultural Landscapes - Exploration, Settlement, Development and Cultural Landscape Production in Australia | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 2494 | v.5 | * | Geography 214 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 2653 | v.7 | Sociology 215 - Sociology of Deviance, Normality and Social Control | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2654 | v.7 | Sociology 223 - Sociology of the Arts - Arts, Institutions and the State | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2661 | v.8 | Australian and Intercultural Studies 211 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2722 | v.4 | Politics 111 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2723 | v.4 | Politics 112 - Australia - Political Ideas and Traditions, World Politics - Comparing Experiences | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2724 | v.5 | Anthropology 391 - Special Topic Unit | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2725 | v.5 | Anthropology 392 - Special Topic Unit | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2728 | v.4 | ** | Geography 391 | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 2729 | v.4 | ** | Geography 392 - Special Topic Unit | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 2730 | v.5 | History 391 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2731 | v.5 | History 392 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2732 | v.5 | Politics 391 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2733 | v.5 | Politics 392 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 2838 | v.5 | History 219 - Australian Colonial History 1788-1900 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2840 | v.6 | History 220 - Social and Cultural History of the Working Class in Twentieth Century Australia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2877 | v.5 | History 215 - History of the Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2878 | v.5 | History 216 - The Making of Modern India - Historical Narratives of Indian Nationalism | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2879 | v.5 | History 217 - Australian History - The Twentieth Century | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2880 | v.5 | History 218 - Western Australian History Since 1829 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2955 | v.5 | History 231 - The History of Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2958 | v.5 | Politics 241 - Comparative Politics of Japan, China and Australia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 3410 | v.5 | Anthropology 311 - Work, Economy, Environment - Global and Local Transformations | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3412 | v.5 | History 311 - Medieval Europe - Living and Dying and Remembering | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3413 | v.5 | History 312 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3418 | v.4 | ** | Geography 311 Rural and Regional Australia - Land Use Trends, Technological Change, Environmental Degradation, Demography, Inequality and Planning | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 3419 | v.4 | ** | Geography 312 - Research Perspectives in Geography | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 3420 | v.4 | ** | Geography 313 - Australian Cultural Landscapes - Exploration, Settlement, Development and Cultural Landscape Production in Australia | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 3421 | v.4 | ** | Geography 314 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 3484 | v.7 | Sociology 321 - Sociology of Organisation, Bureaucracy and Corporations | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3528 | v.7 | Sociology 322 - Sociology of Community and Environment | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3764 | v.5 | History 315 - History of the Middle East in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3765 | v.5 | History 316 - The Making of Modern India - Historical Narratives of Indian Nationalism | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3766 | v.5 | History 317 - Australian History - The Twentieth Century | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3767 | v.5 | History 318 - Western Australian History since 1829 | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3802 | v.5 | Anthropology 316 - State and Society in Buddhist Southeast Asia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3803 | v.5 | History 362 - The History of South Asia 1500 BC-1700 AD | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3805 | v.5 | History 341 - History of Japanese Modernisation Since 1868 | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3824 | v.5 | History 319 - Australian Colonial History 1788-1900 | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3825 | v.6 | History 320 - Social and Cultural History of the Working Class in Twentieth Century Australia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3869 | v.6 | Anthropology 313 - Race, Bodies and Culture | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3870 | v.5 | Anthropology 314 - Religion, Ritual and Celebration | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3871 | v.6 | Anthropology 315 - Traditional Aboriginal Anthropology | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 3873 | v.5 | Anthropology 318 - Contemporary Aboriginal Anthropology | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 4392 | v.3 | ** | Geography 319 - Regional Development - International Perspectives - Australia, Japan and Europe | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 5219 | v.7 | Sociology 214 - Sociology of the Family - Challenges, Changes and the Family | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 5220 | v.4 | * | Geography 215 - Social and Environmental Sustainability in Southeast Asia | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 5221 | v.5 | * | Geography 216 - Environmental Geomorphology - Geomorphic Processes and Human Impacts in the Context of the River Catchment | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 5222 | v.4 | * | Geography 217 - South Asia - An Examination of Oceanography, Climate, Demography, Land Use, Resources and Economic Development | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 5223 | v.5 | * | Geography 218 - Natural Hazards and Environmental Planning | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 5225 | v.4 | ** | Geography 315 - Social and Environmental Sustainability in Southeast Asia | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 5226 | v.5 | ** | Geography 316 - Environmental Geomorphology - Geomorphic Processes and Human Impacts in the Context of the River Catchment | 5.5 | 50.0 |
| 5227 | v.4 | ** | Geography 317 - South Asia - An Examination of Oceanography, Climate, Demography, Land Use, Resources and Economic Development | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 5228 | v.5 | ** | Geography 318 - Natural Hazards and Environmental Planning | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 7365 | v.4 | Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity - Introduction to Doing Sociology | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7366 | v.4 | Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7367 | v.4 | Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7369 | v.6 | Anthropology 213 - Race, Bodies and Culture | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7370 | v.5 | Anthropology 214 - Religion, Ritual and Celebration | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7934 | v.5 | Politics 224 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7935 | v.5 | Politics 217 - Electoral Choice and Voting Behaviour in Australia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7936 | v.5 | Politics 218 - International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7937 | v.5 | Politics 219 - Liberals and Conservatives - from Hobbes and Burke to the Present | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7938 | v.5 | Politics 220 - The Politics of Development - A Comparative Study | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7939 | v.5 | Politics 223 - Politics in India - Class, Caste, Religion and Region | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7940 | v.5 | Politics 225 - Europe in International Politics - Britain, Germany, European Union | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7941 | v.5 | Politics 226 - Critical Security Studies | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7945 | v.6 | Sociology 211 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7946 | v.6 | Sociology 212 - Sociology of Asian Media, Culture and Society | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7947 | v.6 | Sociology 221 - Sociology of Organisation, Bureaucracy and Corporations | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7948 | v.6 | Sociology 222 - Sociology of Community and Environment | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7949 | v.6 | Sociology 224 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7985 | v.3 | * | Geography 219 - Regional Development - International Perspectives - Australia, Japan and Europe | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 7987 | v.4 | Anthropology 212 - Gender, Ethnicity and Class - A Comparative Analysis | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8208 | v.5 | Politics 221 - International Relations | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8209 | v.5 | Politics 222 - Politics in Southeast Asia - Focus on Indonesia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8375 | v.6 | History 262 - The History of South Asia 1500 BC-1700 AD | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8436 | v.7 | Politics 341 - Comparative Politics of Japan, China and Australia | 4.0 | 50.0 | |
| 8569 | v.4 | History 214 - Research Methods for Historians | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8572 | v.7 | Anthropology 216 - State and Society in Buddhist Southeast Asia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8782 | v.5 | Anthropology 218 - Contemporary Aboriginal Anthropology | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9408 | v.5 | Sociology 391 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9411 | v.5 | Sociology 392 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9532 | v.6 | History 241 - History of Japanese Modernisation Since 1868 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9672 | v.5 | History 313 - South Africa - The Politics of Memory | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9673 | v.4 | History 314 - Research Methods for Historians | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9674 | v.6 | History 331 - The History of Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9738 | v.4 | Politics 215 - Australia's Government and Constitution - Workings of a Liberal Democracy | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9739 | v.6 | Politics 214 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9825 | v.5 | Politics 324 - Introduction to Comparative Politics - Emergence of the Modern State | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9826 | v.5 | Politics 317 - Electoral Choice and Voting Behaviour in Australia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9827 | v.5 | Politics 318 - International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9828 | v.5 | Politics 319 - Liberals and Conservatives - from Hobbes and Burke to the Present | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9829 | v.5 | Politics 320 - The Politics of Development - A Comparative Study | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9831 | v.5 | Politics 322 - Politics in Southeast Asia - Focus on Indonesia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9832 | v.5 | Politics 323 - Politics in India - Class, Caste, Religion and Region | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9833 | v.5 | Politics 325 - Europe in International Politics - Britain, Germany, European Union | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9834 | v.5 | Politics 326 - Critical Security Studies | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9839 | v.7 | History 323 - An Introduction to the Philosophy of History - From Herodotus to Foucault | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9840 | v.6 | Sociology 311 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9841 | v.6 | Sociology 312 - Sociology of Asian Media, Culture and Society | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9842 | v.6 | Sociology 323 - Sociology of the Arts - Arts, Institutions and the State | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9843 | v.6 | Sociology 324 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9910 | v.4 | Anthropology 312 - Gender, Ethnicity and Class - A Comparative Analysis | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9912 | v.4 | Anthropology 317 - Applied Anthropology | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 9914 | v.4 | Anthropology 217 - Applied Anthropology | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10019 | v.3 | Politics 314 | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 10022 | v.3 | Sociology 351 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10023 | v.3 | Sociology 352 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10470 | v.3 | Anthropology 220 - Sport and Contemporary Culture | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10471 | v.3 | Anthropology 320 - Sport and Contemporary Culture | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 10472 | v.3 | History 213 - South Africa - The Politics of Memory | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10473 | v.3 | History 222 - Modern History of the Scientific Ideal of Interpretation | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10474 | v.3 | History 223 - An Introduction to the Philosophy of History - From Herodotus to Foucault | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 10482 | v.3 | History 322 - Modern History of the Scientific Ideal of Interpretation | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 10794 | v.3 | Sociology 216 - Demography - Population and Social Development | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11283 | v.3 | Australian Studies 351 | 5.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11284 | v.3 | Australian Studies 353 | 5.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11285 | v.3 | Australian Studies 354 | 4.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11296 | v.4 | Sociology 217 - Sociology of Health and Illness | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11297 | v.3 | Sociology 218 - Sociology of Youth - Culture, Identity and Conflict | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11298 | v.4 | Sociology 225 - Sociology of Media and Communications - Institutions, Texts, Audiences | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11299 | v.3 | Sociology 226 - Sociology of Education - Education, Society and the State | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11300 | v.4 | Sociology 317 - Sociology of Health and Illness | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11301 | v.3 | Sociology 325 - Sociology of Media and Communications - Institutions, Texts, Audiences | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11302 | v.3 | Sociology 326 - Sociology of Education - Education, Society and the State | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11306 | v.3 | Anthropology 331 - Cultures and Societies of South Asia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11342 | v.3 | Sociology 314 - Sociology of the Family - Challenges, Changes and the Family | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11343 | v.3 | Sociology 315 - Sociology of Deviance, Normality and Social Control | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11344 | v.3 | Sociology 316 - Demography - Population and Social Development | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11345 | v.3 | Sociology 318 - Sociology of Youth - Culture, Identity and Conflict | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 11346 | v.2 | Anthropology 231 - Cultures and Societies of South Asia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11544 | v.3 | ** | Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World | 4.0 | 50.0 |
| 11545 | v.2 | * | Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 12111 | v.2 | Politics 227 - Liberty and Equality - Development of Modern Political Ideologies | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12650 | v.3 | Anthropology 291 - Special Topic Unit | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12651 | v.2 | Anthropology 292 - Special Topic Unit | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12652 | v.2 | Anthropology 323 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12653 | v.2 | Anthropology 232 - Social Change in Southeast Asia | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12654 | v.2 | Anthropology 332 - Social Change in Southeast Asia | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12655 | v.2 | Australian Studies 251 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12683 | v.2 | Australian Studies 253 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12684 | v.2 | Australian Studies 254 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12685 | v.2 | Field School 390 | 18.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12686 | v.2 | * | Geography 291 - Special Topic Unit | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 12687 | v.2 | * | Geography 292 - Special Topic Unit | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 12688 | v.2 | History 291 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12689 | v.2 | History 292 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12690 | v.2 | History 230 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12691 | v.2 | History 330 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12692 | v.2 | Politics 291 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12693 | v.2 | Politics 292 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12694 | v.2 | Politics 327 - Liberty and Equality - Development of Modern Political Ideologies | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12695 | v.2 | Sociology 291 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12696 | v.2 | Sociology 292 - Special Topics | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12697 | v.2 | Sociology 235 - Sociology of Gender - Society, Institutions and Gender Debates | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12698 | v.2 | Sociology 335 - Sociology of Gender - Society, Institutions and Gender Debates | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12699 | v.2 | Study Tour 290 | 14.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12700 | v.2 | Study Tour 390 | 14.0 | 50.0 | |
| 12714 | v.2 | Anthropology 223 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12715 | v.2 | History 235 - Histories of the Future - Utopias, Millennarianism, Technology and Science Fiction | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12716 | v.2 | History 335 - Histories of the Future - Utopias, Millennarianism, Technology and Science Fiction | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 13206 | v.2 | Anthropology 351 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13207 | v.2 | Anthropology 361 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13208 | v.2 | Anthropology 283 - China - Culture and Society | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13209 | v.2 | Anthropology 383 - China - Culture and Society | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 13210 | v.2 | * | Geography 221 - Environmental Conservation - History of Environmentalism, Development of Public Policy and Practice in Environmental Planning | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 13211 | v.2 | ** | Geography 321 - Environmental Conservation - History of Environmentalism, Development of Public Policy and Practice in Environmental Planning | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 13212 | v.2 | * | Geography 222 - Tourism and Recreation - Cultural, Economic and Environmental Impacts and the Implications for Development and Planning | 5.0 | 25.0 |
| 13213 | v.2 | ** | Geography 322 - Tourism and Recreation - Cultural, Economic and Environmental Impacts and the Implications for Development and Planning | 5.0 | 50.0 |
| 13403 | v.2 | Politics 240 - Japanese Political Economy | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13404 | v.2 | Politics 340 - Japanese Political Economy | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| 13443 | v.2 | Anthropology 229 - World of Women - Their Position in Contemporary Societies | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13444 | v.2 | Anthropology 329 - World of Women - Their Position in Contemporary Societies | 3.0 | 50.0 | |
| * | Optional second year units, students must select from these for year 2 in the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Geography), Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science) Double Degree. | ||||
| ** | Optional third year units, students must select from these for year 3 in the Bachelor of Social Sciences | ||||
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