Subject description
HIST294 explores how natural disasters and environmental crises have shaped history from the industrial revolution to the nuclear age. It will focus on the role of human societies in creating environmental catastrophes as well as the impact of natural disasters on societies. A key theme of the subject will be … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Pre-Requisite
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Teaching staff
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Lecturers
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Analyse how natural and environmental disasters have been understood and represented in the past.
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Evaluate the ways in which societies been impacted by and have responded to environmental crises and disasters.
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Find, analyse and use primary and secondary sources in critical and creative ways to explore the history of natural and human driven disasters.
Assessment details
Class Presentation
Research Essay
Exam
Work integrated learning
Embedded WIL:This subject contains elements of "Embedded WIL". Students in this subject will experience activities that relate to or simulate professional practice as part of their learning.
Textbook information
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