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GEPL321 Population, Health and Environment

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites GEPL322
Co-requisites None
Restrictions GEPL421 or GEPL521
Notes None
Combined Units GEPL521 - Population, Health and Environment
Coordinator(s) Frances Rolley (frolley@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit explores the myriad causes and policy implications of current trends and processes in the three key drivers of population change: fertility; mortality; and migration. It provides an in-depth and critical examination of the major contemporary population issues confronting Australia, including future population growth and its implications for the social, economic and natural environments, the changing size and function of the family, the relationship between place and population health, and the dilemmas posed to national migration policies and programmes by heightened international and domestic population mobility. In addition, students will develop a range of practical skills and techniques in population geography analysis, including small area population projections.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. appreciate the public policy implications of contemporary demographic trends within Australia;
  2. interpret major demographic trends using appropriate theoretical frameworks and practical measures;
  3. understand major Australian population issues within an international context;
  4. demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between demographic variables, place and population health; and
  5. independently conduct a population-related research project.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students learn of the particular approaches and techniques used in population geography and these topics are assessed in the Practical Exercise Workbook and the Report. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught to communicate their understanding of key demographic concepts and processes in written form and will be assessed in these areas via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
This unit explicitly adopts an international perspective and students will develop and demonstrate an appreciation of global diversity with regards to demographic issues. This appreciation will be assessed via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are exposed to a wide range of textual and statistical sources of demographic information and scholarship and need to develop skills in the manipulation and analysis of these sources. This understanding will be assessed via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit gives students a range of conceptual and practical skills in the analysis of demographic events and processes that they can use in their professional and personal lives. This understanding will be assessed via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will learn to synthesise ideas and facts from a wide range of sources to develop logically consistent arguments in order to complete assessment tasks. This understanding will be assessed via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students are encouraged to explicitly recognise the political, social and environment issues inherent in contemporary academic and public debates over various aspects of demographic change. This understanding will be assessed via via the assessment tasks. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Internal students are often asked to work together in practicals and tutorials. The unit also encourages all students to work collaboratively on unit content via the bulletin board. 		True
   

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