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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Ruth Coulson.
Prerequisite: Biology 2A or approved equivalent.
Contact: Two 2-hour lecture/seminar sessions per week or equivalent.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate critical understanding of current issues relating to human impact on the environment, including effects on health, particularly children's health.
Content:
An examination of current environmental issues, including supply and allocation of resources, pollution, maintenance of genetic diversity and land-use conflicts, in the context of human biological and cultural evolution and population growth. The effects of a range of environmental changes on human health, particularly the health and development of children.
Assessment:
A project report of 3,000 words (60 per cent); and assignments totalling 2,000 words (40 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Kew Campus) (Volume 5 page 38)
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