Unit

Graduate Research School

Environmental HumanitiesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 102339.3

Discipline: SOCIETY AND CULTURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED

Student Contribution Band: 4

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

Co ordinator
Josh Wodak

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Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.

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Teaching Periods

Period	Offered	Campus		Contact
2021 2H	Yes	Parramatta Campus - Victoria Road	- DAY	See Coordinator above	Timetable not available

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About this Unit
This unit provides an overview of the emerging interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities. It provides a space of dialogue for Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students to work collaboratively in developing novel ways of thinking about the relationships between culture and nature. The Unit centres on emerging conceptual trends interrogating notions such as: Anthropocene, extinction, planetary boundaries, critical zones, socio-ecological change dynamics, as a way of engaging with fundamental questions of meaning, justice, value, responsibility and purpose in a time of rapid and escalating change. The unit also focuses on methodological issues and tackles questions of co-construction between HASS and STEM disciplines.

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Courses

8083.1	Bachelor of Research Studies	CONTINUING
8083.2	Bachelor of Research Studies	CURRENT

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