Advancing Geography & Environmental Stud

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2013:

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

Students of this subject will undertake a course of directed reading and essay work of an approved topic. Areas of study include; what is meant by “geography”; what problems have been and are being faced by geography as an academic discipline; what makes geography valuable (or not!) as a discipline; what “matters” are compelling and in what sense; and what role can or should geography play. Permission to undertake this subject must be obtained from the Geography honours coordinator.

• To understand the current directions of research programs in geography
• To gain some grounding in the history, philosophy or scope of the discipline of geography
• To be aware of the methodological principles underlying those research programs;
• To know the central findings of those research programs.

Attendance of seminars (5%); Seminar journal (2000 words, due by the end of semester 2) 15%; 3000-word essay (80%, due at the end of the semester)

There is no prescribed text; some reading materials will be provided.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• To demonstrate advanced communication skills;
• To demonstrate the ability and self-confidence to comprehend complex contemporary geographical debates and concepts.
• To be capable of undertaking directed research in one of those research programs.