Courses Handbook 2010

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


Area: Department of Social Sciences
Credits: 25.0
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 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.
** 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: 090303 Anthropology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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