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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor, lecturer, and tutor
Emily O'Gorman
Contact via email
6 First Walk, 420
email for appointment
Lecturer and tutor
Donna Houston
Contact via email
email for appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
With an emphasis on the Australasian region, this exciting interdisciplinary unit explores how societies and ecologies are entwined and develops creative ways of approaching environmental dilemmas. Bringing together geographic perspectives from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, it examines the concepts of environment, sustainability, and society, together with their past and possible future socio-political and economic framings. The historical and contemporary contexts of key environmental issues in Australia are explained along with their connections to global events and perspectives, including climate change, invasive species, water management, environmental protection movements, and links between consumption and production. Current planning frameworks and management processes, including legal and legislative mechanisms are also considered, along with emerging strategies and social movements that aim to address existing and expected problems. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All assignments are to be submitted via Turnitin, the university online submission and marking system - found as a link in iLearn. Turnitin includes Grademark, a paperless grading system where your assignments are marked by staff online. Submissions are also checked for plagiarism by Turnitin. Turnitin automatically compares your work to the work of your classmates, previous students and material available on the internet. Hard copies of assignments are no longer accepted and will not be marked. For more information on Turnitin and Grademark: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm
DEADLINES, EXTENSIONS AND PENALTIES
Deadlines set for assignment submissions will not be altered except in exceptional circumstances. In all cases, extensions must be supported with appropriate documentation (medical certificate, counsellor's certificate, statutory declaration). All extensions must be applied for and granted through the special consideration process. See the Special Consideration Policy https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration
Extensions will not be granted in cases of poor time management. Only the Unit Convenor can authorise extensions.
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Students who fail to complete and submit ALL assessments for the Unit may not receive enough marks to pass the unit. Penalties will also be incurred for plagiarism, that is, the use of another persons’ work and presentation as your own (see University Policies and http://www.mq.edu.au/ policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html).
GRADING
Each assignment will be marked, commented upon and returned to you via Turnitin and Grademark. Grading is conducted in line with the universities grading policy (http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html)
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Technology
GEOP2050 has a website which is accessible via www.mq.edu.au/iLearn. Here you can get access to unit materials, copies of lecture slides, notices and a general discussion place to pose questions to staff.
Students are not required to acquire any technology for this unit but are expected to access the iLearn site and to use computers to produce their assignments.
Lecture
Lecture 12noon-2pm Wednesday 29WW T1 Theatre
Tutorials
Please see the university timetable for tutorial times and locations at https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2020/
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GEOP2050 lecture and tutorial schedule
Week |
Date |
Lecture Schedule (subject to change) |
Tutorial |
Assessments |
1 |
26 Feb |
Environment and Society (EO)
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No tutorials |
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Part 1: Politics and ethics |
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2 |
4 March |
Political ecology (DH)
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Politics and environments |
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3 |
11 March |
Political ecology of cities (DH)
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Cities, ecology, and power |
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4 |
18 March |
Environments and ethics (DH)
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Ethics and ecology |
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Part 2: Commodities and globalisation |
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5 |
25 March |
Circulations (EO) |
Power and movement
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6 |
1 April |
Place and production (EO) |
Place and production
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Part 3: Social movements and values |
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7 |
8 April |
Climate migration and disasters (EO) |
Essay preparation
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Essay due (35%): 5pm, Thursday 9 April
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Mid-session break: 11 April to 26 April |
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8 |
29 April |
Protected areas and biodiversity (EO)
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Politics of protected areas
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9 |
6 May |
Species protection and eradication in Australian history (EO)
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Protection and eradication
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Part 4: Emergent pathways |
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10 |
13 May |
Water and society (EO) |
Student presentations |
Oral presentation (20%): weeks 10-12 |
11 |
20 May |
More-than-human and multispecies worlds (DH)
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Student presentations |
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12 |
27 May |
Alternative economies and degrowth (EO)
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Student presentations |
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13 |
3 June |
Synthesis and exam preparation (EO)
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No Tutorials |
Final exam (30%): In exam period |
Examination period: 8 June to 28 June |
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Dr. Emily O’Gorman – EO Associate Professor Donna Houston - DH
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Some lecture material has changed in accordance with the University's curriculum renewal process.
Date | Description |
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18/02/2020 | Needed to change essay due date as it fell on a public holiday |
10/02/2020 | A few dates corrected on the lecture schedule |