GE5300:04
Contemporary Population Issues
Townsville
Prerequisites: TG2500 (GE2300) or equivalent population studies. Concise or basic knowledge of population concepts
Inadmissable Subject Combination: GE3300 TG3500 TG5500
26 lectures, 36 hours practicals. Second semester.
Staff: Dr S Bandaranaike.
This subject builds on the knowledge of population concepts and theories taught in GE2304 and GE3304. The contemporary population dimension to environmental changes is examined from a world perspective. The subject also focuses on contemporary thought and changes in the Australian society including modern family forms, issues in mortality control, social dimensions of ageing, the development of multiculturalism and youth identity together with changes in population mobility.
Learning Objectives:
- to educate students in the implications of global population growth, population planning and change and the significance of international population movements.
Assessment by examination (50%); continuous assessment (50%).