Course Code - GTGEO

Estimated Cost: $79.00

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Course Outline

This course will focus on hazards and impact minimisation as well as globalisation of products and culture throughout the world. Students will participate in fieldwork activities involving conducting surveys, fieldwork to the Swan Valley and interviews with experts in their field, which are compulsory and assessable items.

Unit 3 – Natural & Ecological Hazards
The focus will be explored through the contexts of earthquakes and tsunamis and ecological hazards (infectious diseases such as COVID-19) including how they are caused, the impacts that these hazards have on the natural and cultural environment.

Unit 4 – Global Networks & Interconnections
The focus will be on globalisation and how a product or service (Tourism) and an element of culture (Music) have globalised and the impacts of this.

Skills Outline

This course aims to enable students to develop a variety of skills related to the formulation, investigation and presentation of geographical information, including the ability to:

• think critically
• conduct research and evaluate information
• debate geographical issues
• develop mapping and practical skills
• develop fieldwork skills necessary to gain an understanding of place, process and issues.

Minimum Entrance Requirements

None.

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