People Vs Planet
People Vs Planet
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Course Description
Course Description
People vs Planet is the study of the world today: people interacting with each other and their environment. This course emphasises the physical, social, cultural, economic and political influences on people, places and environments, from local to global scales. It also emphasises the important interrelationships between people and environments through the investigation of contemporary geographical issues and their management. The wellbeing of societies and environments depends on the quality of interactions between people and the natural world.
The study of People vs Planet enables students to become active, responsible and informed citizens able to evaluate the opinions of others and express their own ideas and arguments. This forms a basis for active participation in community life, a commitment to sustainability, the creation of a just society, and the promotion of intercultural understanding and lifelong learning.
What will students learn about?
What will students learn about?
Year A
Disasters: Natural and human
American Road Trip: Patterns along the country’s transect
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: Town planning
Fight For Your Rights: Global citizenship
Year B
World in Crisis: Politics and Propaganda
Aussie Dairy Dream: Australia's dairy industry
Just Keep Swimming: Oceanography
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours: Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
What will students learn to do?
What will students learn to do?
Geographical inquiry in People vs Planet involves students acquiring, processing and communicating geographical information to a variety of audiences, developing skills in succinctly and creatively communicating complex phenomena. Through an inquiry approach, involving several individual and collaborative projects, students explain patterns, evaluate consequences and contribute to the management of places and environments in an increasingly complex world. This process enables them to apply inquiry skills including: asking distinctively geographical questions; planning an inquiry and evaluating information; processing, analysing and interpreting that information; reaching conclusions based on evidence and logical reasoning; evaluating and communicating their findings in different modes and media; and reflecting on their inquiry and responding, through action, to what they have learned. Students will have the opportunity to engage with some of the latest geographical software, which is used by world-leading universities as recently as the COVID-19 pandemic. Engagement in fieldwork and the use of other tools including mapping and spatial technologies are fundamental to geographical inquiry, and are increasingly valued in a digitised and globalised world.
Cost
Cost
$0. Some fieldwork costs may incur
RoSA Information
RoSA Information
This course will appear on your RoSA as Geography (Elective).
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