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ANTH3604: The Anthropocene
2024 unit information
Anthropogenic climate change is the primary challenge facing the next generation of leaders. Anthropology's holistic approach to the social world provides key insights into the ways human/environment interactions have caused - and can mitigate - climate change. This unit will explore social/political/cultural aspects of climate change, focusing on current indicators and outcomes, and seek to understand and evaluate different forms of mitigation. The unit will rely on Anthropology's close association with social justice issues, and will focus on climate change effects in the developing world.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Anthropology |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Gain an expert understanding of recent disciplinary developments that inform environmental and social justice thinking and discourse in the Anthropocene.
- LO2. Evaluate complex ideas including understanding the contestation of ideas in the social sciences and humanities and being open to new ideas, methods, and ways of thinking.
- LO3. Reflect critically on theoretical and empirical knowledge and communicate these ideas in oral and written form.
- LO4. Develop the skills to design, apply, evaluate and theorize about scholarly developments that contribute to professional practice including problem-solving and interdisciplinary approaches.
- LO5. Develop collaboration and communication skills that enable the practical application of concepts, practices and policies studied within the course.
- LO6. Acquire research and research presentation skills to justify and interpret findings and conclusions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
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