GEOG325-21S1 (C) Semester One 2021

Health, Wellbeing and Environment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2021
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 14 May 2021

Description

Human health and wellbeing are profoundly shaped by the environments in which we live. This course examines the influence of the physical, built and social aspects of the environment on health and wellbeing. In addition to gaining increased understanding of health-environment interactions, students will develop skills in tracking environmental exposures and in presenting research findings in both written and oral formats.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of GEOG325, students should:
  • Be able to critically appraise some key theoretical frameworks in the geography of health.
  • Understand some of the ways in which health is shaped by place and environment
  • Be aware of some of the geographical data and methods associated with the study of health
           and place.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

30 points of Geography at 200 level; or 30 points from Science, Arts or Health Sciences.

Restrictions

GEOG322

Timetable Note

There are two lectures per week (duration of 1 hour each).
There are six labs / tutorials (duration of 2 hours each).

Course Coordinators

Jesse Wiki and Malcolm Campbell

Lecturers

Lindsey Conrow and Malcolm Campbell

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tracking and Tracing 40%
Policy Briefing: presentation and individual briefing paper 40%
Labs/tutorials completion 20%

Notes

Prerequisites:
30 points from Geography at 200 level; or
30 points from Science, Arts or Health Sciences.

Restrictions:
GEOG322

Recommended preparation:
N/A

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $877.00

International fee $4,438.00

* 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.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

All GEOG325 Occurrences

  • GEOG325-21S1 (C) Semester One 2021