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GEOS2921: Environmental and Resource Management (Adv)
Advanced students will receive the same core lecture materials as for GEOS2121 but have a separate seminar and are required to complete alternative written work.
| Code | GEOS2921 |
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| Academic unit | Geosciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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A mark of 75 or above in GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or ECOP1X01 or SIEN1000 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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GEOS2121 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. articulate different constructions of nature and key concepts in environmental thought, and how these are socially and culturally specific
- LO2. demonstrate the social, political, economic constitution, and outcomes, of environmental processes, change, and management
- LO3. identify the uneven distribution of environmental ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ and the reasons for this outcome
- LO4. critically interrogate different environmental and resource management theories and practices and outline their assumptions
- LO5. describe key environmental and resource management challenges and their causes, particularly climate change
- LO6. demonstrate skills in analysing and interpreting primary research data using Geographic Information Systems
- LO7. present analysis of an environmental or resource challenge in a report (rather than essay)
- LO8. organise and communicate a coherent argument in written, oral and inter-personal forms
- LO9. demonstrate a sense of responsibility, and think critically and independently as a future scientists and global citizen.
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