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160 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 —Volume Four 121-171 LAND, PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
Credit points: 12.5 Staff: Juliet Bird.
Contact:. Two I-hour lectures and a 2-hour practical or seminar class each week. (First semester.) Content: An introduction to physical and human geography: topics in physical geography such as weathering and soil and slope evolution, and the processes causing spatial inequality in society.
Emphasis on the development of basic skills in the analysis and interpretation of primary data.
Assessment: A two-section course journal involving at least 56 hours of work: approximately 24 hours of formal class time and the rest individual study time (40 per cent); practical work and field reports (40 per cent); assignment of up to 2000 words and up to four hours of class tests (20 per cent). Students must submit all assessment items. Results will he graded.
121-172 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT Credit points: 12.5
Staff: Juliet Bird.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour workshop session each week, and a weekend excursion. (Second semester.)
Content: A range of themes related to environmental management on global, national and local scales, including the environmental implications of population growth, resource use, energy policies, management of natural ecosystems, recreation, agricultural practices, urban heritage and townscape design. Practical classes to improve data interpretation skills in environmental management.
The decision-making processes which determine our future environment.
Assessment: Practical reports and written assignments totalling approximately 3000 words; a course journal; seminar presentations. Results will be graded.
121-101 FAMINE IN THE MODERN WORLD Credit points: 25.0
Staff: Geoff Missen.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week, and a 1-day (8-hour) field trip. (Two semesters.)
Content: The incidence and causes of famines:
climatic changes, ecological destruction, population growth and other social changes. Social theories assessed as explanations of famine and the maldistribution of food.
Assessment: Two 1 1/2-hour short answer tests (30 per cent); two essays of up to 2000 words each (70 per cent). Results will be graded.
121-217 AUSTRALIA'S INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Michael Webber.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in Geography at Group 1 level, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures, a 1-hour tutorial and three hours of practical work each week. Some of the practical work may be in the form of field work.
(First semester.)
Content: Changes in the organisation and location of industry at the world scale; implications for Australia.
The development and location of industries within Australia and within its metropolitan areas. Effects of industrial restructuring on different components of the labour force (ethnic and gender groups).
Emphasis on the manner in which these phenomena are explained by various economic theories.
Assessment: A 1 1/2-hour short answer test (30 per cent); an essay of up to 3000 words (40 per cent); a field report (20 per cent); practical class assignments (10 per cent). Results will be graded.
121-271 GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SURVEYING
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Eric Bird.
Prerequisites: At least 25.0 points of Year 1 Geography or Earth Science Al, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Three 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour practical class each week. (First semester.)
Content: Introduction to the principles and theory of geomorphology and the origin of the major geomorphological features of the earth; introduction to surveying and air photo interpretation.
Assessment: A 2-hour examination; practical work in surveying done in class time; a written project of up to 2000 words. Students must submit all items of assessment. Results will be graded.
121-214 URBAN GEOGRAPHY:
AUSTRALIA'S CITIES Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Ruth Fincher.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in Geography, or approved subjects in social or economic theory.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week. (Second semester.)
Content: Housing, built environment change and public service provision in the contemporary urban environment; politics of locational conflict; issues in urban policy and gender and class in urban analysis.
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work of up to 3000 words and seminar presentations (70 per cent). Results will be graded
121-219 ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AND MANAGEMENT
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Sarah Ewing.
Prerequisites: Completion of any Year 1 subject, preferably including at least one unit from Economics, Environmental Science, Geography or Politics.
Contact:. Two 2-hour lectures or seminars each week (some of this may be in the field). (First semester.) Content: Environmental degradation; technical and social dimensions; land degradation, water management, air and water pollution, resource sustainability; relations between the state, capital and pressure groups expressed in conflicts over resource exploitation.
Assessment: A 3000-word essay (35 percent); a repo
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on practical assignments of up to 2000 words (25 per cent); a 2-hour examination (40 per cent). Results will be graded.121-272 CARTOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Victor Prescott.
Prerequisites: At least 25.0 points of Year 1 Geography, or earth Science Al, or approved equivalent.
Contact Three 1-hour lectures and
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2-hour practical class each week. (Second semester.)Content:
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e physical basis of climate; climate controls, energy balances and transport, circulation of planetary atmospheres; climatic change;cartography, map projections, history of map making and techniques of map making.
Assessment A 2-hour examination; practical work in laboratory classes; a written project of up to 2000 words. Students must submit all items of assessment.
Results will be graded.
121-204 DEVELOPMENT Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Tony Stutterd.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in Geography at Group 1 level, or approved equivalent.
Contact. Three hours of seminars each week. (Second semester.)
Content: Issues and processes responsible for producing inequalities, and the forces operating to promote or reduce them. Less developed areas of
the world, including issues such as: perceptions of inequality, access to health care, the relationships between development and environment, land reform, population and migration, urbanisation, tourism, aid, the dissemination of ideas, and regional conflicts as impediments to development. Students have opportunities to research aspectsof the subject which are of particular interest to them.
Assessment: Attendance (10 per cent); written assignments totalling approximately 5000 words (90 per cent). Results will be graded.
487-336 GEOGRAPHY C6: STUDIES OF PEOPLE AND PLACE IN GEOGRAPHY Credit points: 8.3
Staff: Tony Stutterd.
Special requirements: This subject qualifies as a Link Study within the requirements of the BEd (Secondary) and BScEd courses; however, it is not necessary to take it as a link study. Students may not gain credit for this subject and Geography Cl.
Prerequisites: 16.7 credit points in Year2 Geography subjects, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 2-hour tutorials each week for 1/2 semester and two field trips totalling eight hours.
(First semester.)
Content: A study of people and place and a consideration of the implications for teaching geography. Topics selected from: the challenge and potential for using images in geography teaching; the local community as a teaching resource; knowledge, perception and stereotyping of, and attitudes towards, place; the atlas and place awareness.
Assessment: Two written assignments, one of approximately 1500 words and one of approximately 1000 words: attendance at the two half-day field excursions. Results will be graded.
487-337 GEOGRAPHY C7: GEOGRAPIIY, LEARNING AND ADOLESCENTS Credit points: 8.3
Staff: Tony Stutterd.
Special requirements: This subject qualifies as a Link Study within the requirements of the BEd (Secondary) and BScEd courses; however, it is not necessary to take it as a link study. Students may not gain credit for this subject and Geography Cl.
Prerequisites: 16.7 credit points in Year 2 Geography subjects, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 2-hour tutorials each week for 1/2 semester and two school visits totalling six hours.
(First semester.)
Content: Young people's perceptions and experiences of learning through geography;
implications for classroom practice. Students
162 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 — Volume Four participate in classroom research and analyse their
own and others' primary data. Topics selected from:
significant issues; teaching methods; paradigms;
teaching/learning styles and vocabulary acquisition.
Assessment: Two written assignments, one of approximately 1500 words and one of approximately 1000 words. Results will be graded.
487-338 GEOGRAPHY C8: EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Credit points: 8.3
Staff: Rob Stowell.
Special requirements: This subject qualifies as a Link Study within the requirements of the BEd (Secondary) and BScEd courses. Students may not gain credit for this subject and either Geography C5 or Science Education C5.
Prerequisites: 16.7 credit points in Year2 Geography subjects, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 2-hour tutorials each week for 1/2 semester. (Second semester.)
Content: People-environment issues with a particular focus on more affluent countries. Topics selected from: the people-environment perspective; values and action; techniques for environmental management; futures; implications for the geography curriculum and classroom practice.
Assessment: Two written assignments equivalent to a total of approximately 3000 words. Results will be graded.
487-339 GEOGRAPHY C9: EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Credit points: 8.3
Staff: Rob Stowell.
Special requirements: This subject qualifies as a Link Study within the requirements of the BEd (Secondary) and BScEd courses. Students may not gain credit for this subject and Geography CS.
Prerequisites: 16.7 credit points in Year 2 Geography subjects, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 2-hour tutorials each week for 1/2 semester, and a weekend field excursion. (Second semester.)
Content: People-environment issues with a particular focus on less affluent countries. Topics selected from:
the people-environment perspective; values and action; the geography curriculum and classroom practice.
Assessment: Two written assignments equivalent to a total of approximately 3000 words. Attendance at the weekend field excursion. Results will be graded.
121-373 AUSTRALIA'S INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Michael Webber.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in Geography at Group I level, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures, a 1-hour tutorial and three hours of practical work each week. Some of the practical work may be in the form of field work.
(First semester.)
Content: Changes in the organisation and location of industry at the world scale; implications for Australia.
The development and location of industries within Australia and within its metropolitan areas. Effects of industrial restructuring on different components of the labour force (ethnic and gender groups).
Emphasis on the manner in which these phenomena are explained by various economic theories.
Assessment: A 1 1/2-hour short answer test (30 per cent); an essay of up to 3000 words (40 per cent); a field report (20 per cent); practical class assignments (10 per cent). Results will be graded.
121-371 GEOMORPHOLOGY AND SURVEYING
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Eric Bird.
Prerequisites: At least 25.0 points of Year 1 Geography or Earth Science Al, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. Three 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour practical class each week. (First semester.)
Content: Introduction to the principles and theory of geomorphology and the origin of the major geomorphological features of the earth; introduction to surveying and air photo interpretation.
Assessment: A 2-hour examination; practical work in surveying done in class time; a written project of up to 2000 words. Students must submit all items of assessment. Results will be graded.
121-374 URBAN GEOGRAPHY:
AUSTRALIA'S CITIES Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Ruth Fincher.
Prerequisites: 16.7 credit points in Year 2 Geography, or approved subjects in social or economic theory.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week. (Second semester.)
Content: Housing, built environment change and public service provision in the contemporary urban environment; politics of locational conflict; issues in urban policy; gender and class in urban analysis.
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4000 words and seminar presentations. Results will be graded.
121-372 CARTOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Juliet Bird.
Prerequisites: At least 25.0 points of Year 2 Geography, or Earth Science Al or approved equivalent.
Contact. Three 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour practical class each week. (Second semester.)
Content: The physical basis of climate; climate controls, energy balances and transport, circulation of planetary atmospheres; climatic classification;
cartography, map projections, history of map making and techniques of map making.
Assessment A 2-hour examination; practical work in laboratory classes; a written project of up to 2000 words. Students must submit all items of assessment.
Results will be graded.
121-302 THE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT Credit points: 25.0
Staff: Eric Bird.
Prerequisites: At least 33.0 points of Year 2 Physical Geography, or approved equivalent.
Contact Three 1-hour lectures and a 3-hour practical class each week. Part of the practical time will be in the form of field trips. (First semester.)
Content: Evolution and dynamics of coastal environments in relation to physical and biological processes; the nature and causes of changes in the coastal environment, including human impacts;
environmental problems on the coast, with special reference to Victoria; organisation and strategies of coastal management.
Assessment A 1 1/2-hour written examination (50 per cent); two field reports (15 per cent each); a coastal management report (20 per cent). Students are required to complete all components of assessment. Results will be graded.
121-339 BIOGEOGRAPHY Credit points: 25.0
Staff: Neal Enright.
Prerequisites: 121-271 Geomorphology and Surveying or 121-272 Cartography and Climatology (16.7 points) or a unit in Biology.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 3-hour practical class each week, and up to seven days field work.
(Second semester.)
Content: The major concepts of historical and ecological biogeography: succession theory, population dynamics, diversity, island biogeography, plant-soil relationships, nutrient cycling, earth movements and quaternary vegetation change.
Conservation.
Assessment: A 2-hour final examination (40 per cent); field reports of up to 4500 words (20 per cent);
weekly laboratory assignments (30 per cent); seminar work (10 per cent). Students must complete all laboratory and field exercises. Results will be graded.
121-383 WATER RESOURCES Credit points: 25.0
Staff: Juliet Bird.
Prerequisite: Environmental Politics and Management or Geomorphology and Surveying or Cartography and Climatology.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 3-hour practical class each week; some of the practical work will be in.
the form of field trips. (Second semester.)
Content: Water as a resource, with special reference to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
Assessment: Practical and field trip reports of up to 6000 words in total; a 2-hour final examination.
Results will be graded.
121-336 DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND ECONOMIC CHANGE IN ASIA
Credit points: 25.0 Staff: Geoff Missen.
Prerequisite: Geography B15: Development.
Contact:. Two I-hour lectures and a 2-hour seminar each week. (First semester.)
Content: The process and the economic and social outcomes of development in the capitalist world;
explanations of production, industrial and agrarian change in the Western Pacific region (including Australia).
Assessment: A 2-hour examination (40 per cent); a 3500-word essay (40 percent); seminar presentations (20 percent). Results will be graded.
121-337 SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY Credit points: 25.0
Staff: Ruth Fincher.
Prerequisites: At least 16.7 points of Year 2 or Year 3 Geography.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
164 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 —Volume Four Content: Major social theories in contemporary social
geography: human ecology,environmental cognition and phenomenology, Weberian, Marxist and feminist perspectives. Application to urban housing, ethnic segregation, experience of the urban environment.
Assessment: A 2-hour examination (30 per cent);
essays of up to 3000 words in total (60 per cent);
seminar presentations (10 per cent). Results will be graded.
121-471 CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Tony Stutterd.
Prerequisites: At least 33.0 points of Year 2 or Year 3 Geography.
Contact:. A 4-hour seminar each week for 13 weeks spread over two semesters. (Two semesters.) Content: A survey of contemporary issues facing Australian society: the third world, unemployment, minorities, development and trade, and the environment. The contributions of geography to understanding these issues.
Assessment: A curriculum package of up to 2000 words; essays and papers of up to 5000 words in total.
Results will be graded.