HI5005 - Environmental History

[Offered in odd-numbered years in Townsville. ]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This subject examines key aspects of the environmental history of Australasia, Oceania, and Island Southeast Asia. Topics include: historical records of climatic and geological processes; human perceptions of, and adaptation to, tropical and subtropical environments; relationships between indigenous peoples and European settlers; conflicts over the control and use of natural recources; the impact of population expansion and technological change. The subject's regional perspective is designed to provide a sense of comparison for current debates within Australia and the region over resource management between various interest groups in multi-cultural settings.

Learning Outcomes

• to appreciate the historical ramifications of divergent attitudes to the natural environment, both between cultures and through time;
• to understand key historical debates in the field as they relate specifically to this region;
• to acquire familiarity with the diverse range of methodologies employed by environmental historians;
• to develop an understanding of how the cultural diversity has resulted in a great range of attitudes towards, and uses of, the natural environment.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments.

Prerequisites:	Admission to graduate or postgraduate program
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	HI2005 and HI3005

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Claire Brennan.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (30%); (20%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect:	Dr Claire Brennan.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (30%); (20%).

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