ATS1326 · International studies: Challenges of globalisation

Overview

The unit introduces you 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.

Areas of study: History International studies

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Requisites

Learning outcomes

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.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.