312602 (v.1) Global Change in Australia and its Region 112

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
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Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	This unit provides an introduction to globalization and its impact upon Australia and the Asia Region. A core theme is how social and cultural identities in Australia and across the region are being affected by globalizing processes. Key topics include: what is meant by globalization; globalization and the nation-state; impact of globalization on work, community and environment; cultural and social responses to globalization; migration, cultural diversity and social cohesion in Australia and Asia; towards a post-global world. The unit is comparative and draws on materials from Australia and selected Asian countries.
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Field of Education:	090303 Anthropology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

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