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GEOG111 - Exploring Human Environments

Year

2024

Credit points

10

Campus offering

• Brisbane
• Melbourne
• Strathfield

Prerequisites

Nil

Incompatible

GEOG101 - Global Human Environments

Unit rationale, description and aim

Geography is focused on understanding the world around us; the rich diversity of environments, places, peoples and cultures across the planet, and the inequalities within and between places. This unit is an introduction to the study of geography, environment and society, and to thinking geographically about the world around us through the three core concepts of space, place, and scale.

Learning outcomes

To successfully complete this unit you will be able to demonstrate you have achieved the learning outcomes (LO) detailed in the below table.

• LO1: Describe how historical, economic, social and ecological forces interact to influence the nature and location of human activity
• LO2: Use a foundation of transferable skills that include observation and the evaluation of data sources, geographical skills (including field work and mapping), and written and/or oral communication
• LO3: Use reading and research skills to examine and explain the patterns and processes affecting places and their populations
• LO4: Identify and reflect on the history and key theories of the discipline of Geography

Content

Topics will include:

• An introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander geographies (pre- and post-European contact)
• Human settlements in space and time
• Australian urban and rural systems
• Historical geography and human connections with nature in history
• Cultural landscapes
• Economic geography
• Global cities and urban forms
• Population geography (global population dynamics, migration and Australia's population)
• Distinct natural-human environments: night-time economies, World Heritage areas etc.
• Gendered places
• Economic globalisation
• Development and inequality
• Resource development and settlement patterns, the geography of tourism

Learning and teaching strategy and rationale

This unit uses face-to-face instruction during class. The in-class lecture component is used to convey new material and offer students the chance to engage and ask questions in person. The tutorial portion of the course is to be used as a resource to offer students the opportunity to put their knowledge learned in lectures to use and gain hands-on experience and learn and practice Geographical skills.

Assessment strategy and rationale

The assessment tasks for this unit have been designed to contribute to high quality student learning by both helping students learn (assessment for learning), and by measuring explicit evidence of their learning (assessment of learning).

• Fieldwork research project: 30%
• Skill development tasks: 30%
• Examination: 40%

Representative texts and references

• Boyle, M. 2021. Human Geography: An Essential Introduction, 2nd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Brunn, S.D., 2019. The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology. Taylor and Francis.
• Couper, P. 2015. A Student's Introduction to Geographical Thought: Theories, Philosophies, Methodologies. Sage, London.
• Fouberg, E.H. and Murphy, A.B., 2020. Human geography: people, place, and culture. John Wiley & Sons.
• Knox, P.L. and Marston, S. 2016. Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, Global Edition (7th edition). Pearson, Boston.
• Mayhew, S. 2015. A Dictionary of Geography (5th edition). Oxford, London.
• Northey, M. et al. 2015. Making Sense in Geography and Environmental Sciences: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing. OUP
• Rubenstein, J.M. 2017. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography, Global Edition (12th edition). Pearson: Harlow, United Kingdom.
• Tate, S. and Hopkins, P. 2021. Studying Geography at University: How to Succeed in the First Year of Your New Degree. Routledge
• Waitt, G,. et al. 2010. Introducing Human Geography: Globalisation, Difference and Inequality (1st edition). Pearson, Sydney.