311066 (v.1) Geography 311 - Geographical Challenges of a Finite World

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Credits:	50.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
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Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	This unit brings geographical methods of analysis to bear on some of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century for Australia, its region and the world. Topics to be covered in the unit: the social and environmental implications of a global population of 7-8 billion striving to become middle class consumers; global warming and related environmental problems; rural and urban features; internal and international labour migration; spatial dimensions of socio-cultural and economic change; and, enduring challenges in national and regional development (persistently poor and marginalised states, regions and community sub-groups).
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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 1			Y
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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