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1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-214 | Prev:121-212
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr IThomas.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or permission of Department.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour laboratory per week. Two days of field work
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the concept of uniformitarianism and be able to assess its validity;
- obtain a basic understanding of the methods available for reconstructing past environments and biological communities, and for determining their ages;
- identify the impacts of people on plants and animals during the prehistoric period;
- understand the major factors leading to the modern expression of plant and animal distributions; especially climate change and people;
- have an introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
To secure an understanding of how the spatial distribution of plants and animals has changed during the Quaternary Period; of the environmental and human factors driving these changes; and of the ways in which study of the past leads to explanation of the present and prediction for the future.
Content:
Changing patterns of plant and animal distributions in the Late Quaternary. Reconstruction and interpretation of past environments through pollen analysis. Climate change, human impacts. Introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
Assessment:
Thirteen weekly laboratory exercises to be completed in class (25 per cent), essay to 3,000 words (25 per cent), 2-hour final examination (50 per cent).
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-214 | Prev:121-212
2. Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p67) : Next:121-219 | Prev:121-203
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr I Thomas.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or permission of Department.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour laboratory per week. Two days of field work.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the concept of uniformitarianism and be able to assess its validity;
- obtain a basic understanding of the methods available for reconstructing past environments and biological communities, and for determining their ages;
- identify the impacts of people on plants and animals during the prehistoric period;
- understand the major factors leading to the modern expression of plant and animal distributions; especially climate change and people;
- have an introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
To secure an understanding of how the spatial distribution of plants and animals has changed during the Quaternary Period; of the environmental and human factors driving these changes; and of the ways in which study of the past leads to explanation of the present and prediction for the future.
Content:
Changing patterns of plant and animal distributions in the Late Quaternary. Reconstruction and interpretation of past environments through pollen analysis. Climate change, human impacts. Introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
Assessment:
Thirteen weekly laboratory exercises to be completed in class (25 per cent), essay to 3,000 words (25 per cent), 2-hour final examination (50 per cent).
* Note that COORDINATOR differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p67) : Next:121-219 | Prev:121-203
3. Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (v4, p51) : Next:705-294 | Prev:705-445
Credit points: 12.5 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr I Thomas.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or permission of Department.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour laboratory per week. Two days of field work
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the concept of uniformitarianism and be able to assess its validity;
- obtain a basic understanding of the methods available for reconstructing past environments and biological communities, and for determining their ages;
- identify the impacts of people on plants and animals during the prehistoric period;
- understand the major factors leading to the modern expression of plant and animal distributions; especially climate change and people;
- have an introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
- to secure an understanding of how the spatial distribution of plants and animals has changed during the Quaternary Period; of the environmental and human factors driving these changes; and of the ways in which study of the past leads to explanation of the present and prediction for the future.
Content:
Changing patterns of plant and animal distributions in the Late Quaternary. Reconstruction and interpretation of past environments through pollen analysis. Climate change, human impacts. Introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
Assessment:
Thirteen weekly laboratory exercises to be completed in class (25 per cent), essay to 3,000 words (25 per cent), 2-hour final examination (50 per cent).
* Note that COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (v4, p51) : Next:705-294 | Prev:705-445
4. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-214 | Prev:121-212
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr I Thomas.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Geography or permission of Department.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour laboratory each week. Two days of field work
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the concept of uniformitarianism and be able to assess its validity;
- obtain a basic understanding of the methods available for reconstructing past environments and biological communities, and for determining their ages;
- identify the impacts of people on plants and animals during the prehistoric period;
- understand the major factors leading to the modern expression of plant and animal distributions; especially climate change and people;
- have an introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
To secure an understanding of how the spatial distribution of plants and animals has changed during the Quaternary Period; of the environmental and human factors driving these changes; and of the ways in which study of the past leads to explanation of the present and prediction for the future.
Content:
Changing patterns of plant and animal distributions in the Late Quaternary. Reconstruction and interpretation of past environments through pollen analysis. Climate change, human impacts. Introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
Assessment:
Thirteen weekly laboratory exercises to be completed in class (25 per cent); essay to 3,000 words (25 per cent); 2-hour final examination (50 per cent).
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, COORDINATOR, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
4. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-214 | Prev:121-212
5. Geography, Faculty of Science (v4, p192) : Next:121-219 | Prev:121-212
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr I Thomas.
Prerequisite: 25 points of Geography at first year level or approved equivalent.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 3-hour laboratory per week. Up to 5 days of field work
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the concept of uniformitarianism and be able to assess its validity;
- obtain a basic understanding of the methods available for reconstructing past environments and biological communities, and for determining their ages;
- identify the impacts of people on plants and animals during the prehistoric period;
- understand the major factors leading to the modern expression of plant and animal distributions, especially climate change and people;
- have an introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
To secure an understanding of how the spatial distribution of plants and animals has changed during the Quaternary Period; of the environmental and human factors driving these changes; and of the ways in which study of the past leads to explanation of the present and prediction for the future.
Content:
Changing patterns of plant and animal distributions in the Late Quaternary. Reconstruction and interpretation of past environments through pollen analysis. Climate change, human impacts. Introduction to ethnobotany and the origins of agriculture.
Assessment:
Weekly laboratory exercises (25%), essay to 3,000 words (25%), 2-hour final examination (50%).
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PREREQUISITES differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
5. Geography, Faculty of Science (v4, p192) : Next:121-219 | Prev:121-212
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Arts.
Copyright © University of Melbourne 1995,1996.