3418 (v.4) Geography 311 Rural and Regional Australia - Land Use Trends, Technological Change, Environmental Degradation, Demography, Inequality and Planning

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

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

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

2491 (v.4) Geography 211 - Rural and Regional Australia - Land Use Trends, Technological Change, Environmental Degradation, Demography, Inequality and Planning
11283 (v.3) Australian Studies 351
12655 (v.2) Australian Studies 251

Syllabus:

The geography of rural Australia. The nature of Australian rural land use - agriculture, mining and tourism. The impact of technological and structural change in relation to international developments. Land degradation and conservation. The role of government. Australian rural society, rural institutions and settlement patterns. Social issues of rural Australia - the adoption and consequences of technological and structural change. Data collection and analysis, plus a major research paper.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

090309 Human Geography

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*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
2005	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