- Area of Study 1: Geographies of Wellbeing
- Area of Study 2: Environmental Change & Management
Geography:
Students' conceptual thinking is developed through geographies of human well-being and environmental change and management (focusing upon investigating environmental geography). Students explore an overview of environmental change and the factors that influence it; as well as investigating a specific environmental change (and management strategies) in Australia and one other country.
- Issues and interconnections affecting the development of places and their impact on human wellbeing, drawing on a study from a developing country or region in Africa, South America or the Pacific Islands
- Different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied to measure differences between places
- Role of initiatives by international and national government and non-government organisations to improve human wellbeing in Australia and other countries
- Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence environmental change and human responses to its management
- Application of environmental economic and social criteria in evaluating management responses to an environmental change, and the predicted outcomes and further consequences of management responses on the environment and places, comparing examples from Australia and at least one other country
- Environmental worldviews of people (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) and their implications for environmental management
Learning and Assessment Activities:
- Mapping and Geospatial Skills
- Environment observation and fieldwork
- Research Case Studies and Projects
- Test and Examination
Note: Recommended for students who may seek to study Units 1 & 2 Geography.
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