ANTH313-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Environment, Development and Disaster

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

This course is concerned with the social and ecological impacts of human activity in the context of a global fossil fuel civilization. Investigating problems of climate change, natural disaster, declining biodiversity, and environmental degradation, it provides an anthropologically informed perspective on crucial issues at the intersection of ecology, sustainable development, and social activism.

Prerequisites

30 points of ANTH including 15 points at 200 level; or 30 points of ANTH or SOCI or GEOG at 200 level; or 60 points in related subjects including 30 points at 200 level with the approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Piers Locke

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Class Presentation 10%
Essay 02 Apr 2015 30% 2500 words due end of week 6
Critical Summary 15 May 2015 20% 1500 words. Due end dof week 9
Research Essay 12 Jun 2015 40% 4000 words - due end of Week 12

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,464.00

International fee $5,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 15 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

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