Overview
The unit introduces students to a selection of the most pressing challenges facing the contemporary world, economic, political and social. Topics include global health and disease; crisis, conflict and disaster; environment, cities and sustainability; and global commerce, technology and consumption.
Offerings
S2-01-CAULFIELD-ON-CAMPUS
S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Requisites
Prohibition
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Associate Professor Seamus O'Hanlon
Unit Coordinator(s)
Associate Professor Seamus O'Hanlon
Notes
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
Recognise and discuss the key social, economic and political questions facing the world today;
2.
Analysise global issues in a comparative and transnational framework;
3.
Analyse a range of social justice issues concerning poverty and gender;
4.
Critique controversial contemporary debates in a range of topics;
5.
Identify and critically read a range of relevant sources, and utilise these sources to support argument;
6.
Communicate research in both oral and written formats.
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
Assessment
1 - Comparative Source Analysis Task
2 - Research Essay
3 - Current Events Task
4 - End of semester test
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Lectures
Tutorials
Workload requirements
Workload
Availability in areas of study
History
International studies
International studies