2492 (v.4) Geography 212 - Research Perspectives in Geography

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** 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:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

3419 (v.4) Geography 312 - Research Perspectives in Geography

Prerequisite(s):

1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version
AND
1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version

Syllabus:

The historical development of Geography, both philosophically and as an academic discipline - systems theory, humanism, structuralism, behavouralism, Marxism, structuration, realism, feminism, poststructuralism and postmodernism. The emphasis is on the philosophical foundations of these different paradigms and an examination of the contributions that they have made to the changing nature of the discipline.

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Field of Education:

90309 Human Geography

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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