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Paradise Lost? Australian Environmental History - AUST1003
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History
 
 
Contact: 
Frances,Raelene
Scates,Bruce Charles
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 

Description

How has the landscape shaped the definition of what it means to be Australian? Why was the bush so often seen as a place of the weird and the monstrous? Have white Australians learned from Aboriginal relationships with the natural environment? Looks at the climatic, cultural, political and economic forces which have shaped the Australian landscape from the period before known human settlement until the present, taking a dynamic approach to the relationship between humans and their environment. Draws on a broad range of disciplines, including literature, geography, history, politics, sociology and cultural studies.

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course students will have:
  • a broad overview of major themes and issues in the development of the natural Australian environment and the relationship of humans with this environment
  • a detailed knowledge of a few specific themes
  • an ability to evaluate primary evidence
  • an ability to evaluate arguments in secondary sources
  • an ability to develop explanations and arguments
  • refined their development of explanations and arguments
  • refined their research techniques
  • refined their verbal presentation of ideas.

Assessment

  • Document analysis - 20%
  • Tutorial essay (2000 words) - 40%
  • Tutorial participation and exercises - 20%
  • In-class test - 20%

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