SOCI 641 Advanced Society and Environment

20 Credits

0.167 EFTs



Introduction

A critical engagement with the study of society and environment relationships, with particular reference to human geography and its interconnections with other social scientific disciplines.

SOCI 641 will equip you with the ability to engage in a critical interpretation of research into society and environment relationships, with particular reference to human geography and its inter-connection with other social scientific disciplines. 

The course is taught in seminar style.  We meet once a week to discuss assigned reading and each student’s ongoing research project.

This course will be of interest to social science, resource studies, resource management, urban planning, environmental management, commerce and parks, recreation and tourism students.

 

Topics

  • Nature: single or plural?
  • Globalisation
  • Restructuring
  • Consumption
  • Sustainability, the city and growth
  • Place, sense of place and placelessness
  • Home
  • Identity.
 

Schedule and location

The timetable for some postgraduate courses are predetermined and details of the class times and location for these courses are available from Student Intranet.  For other courses the contact sessions are determined by negotiation with the examiner of the course.  If your course timetable is not available from the Student Intranet site then you should contact the examiner of the course directly at the start of the semester.
Semester two timetable block Unblocked
 

Prerequisite courses

A background in the social sciences, humanities or allied areas of practice such as environmental management, planning, design, commerce or public administration would be useful but is not essential. A capacity to write well and a willingness to engage critically with a diverse social scientific literature is a necessity.
 

Recommended preparatory courses

 
 

Examinations

Exam dates will be available at the end of week five in each semester. Until exam dates are advised, students should not plan to leave the University until the end of the exam period.
 

Examiner

Harvey Perkins, Faculty of Environment, Society and Design.
 

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