310995 (v.1) Geography 312 - Research Perspectives in Geography

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	The unit traces the main sets of ideas that have shaped the development of the discipline of geography from classical conceptions of the subject through to the broad range of contemporary approaches. At the end of the unit you will have an understanding of geography's historical development, a knowledge of the diverse approaches to contemporary geography and have a better understanding of it's position within the social sciences. Also, you will learn how geography has influenced and been influenced by the interchange of ideas with its cognate disciplines.
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Field of Education:	010799 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

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Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External