Overview
In this unit you will examine the interaction between people and the environment in the Australian setting from a historical perspective. You will explore the underlying reasons why and how successive generations have used, shaped and impacted the natural environment, noting their goals, values and technologies. You will develop skills in using environmental histories as a means of problem solving for better resource management, environmental protection and policy-making.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: Minimum of 18 Units of Credit
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Informal Feedback
Refine the assessment support regime
Students indicated that while they found the assessment support workshops helpful, there could be further consideration of the frequency of the meetings, how they are scheduled to meet the diverse range of student availabilities, and the inclusion of further practical training in research skills. These issues will be taken into consideration when scheduling and designing assessment workshops in 2025.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation
Improve organisation of learning material
Learning materials for the 2025 iteration of this unit will be reviewed and updated in two ways: 1. Diversify the learning resources to include podcasts and video resources to supplement the scholarly texts for each topic. 2. Offer short video recording of unit coordinator's comments on the weekly learning resources to guide students through the material.