GEOG325-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Health, Wellbeing and Environment

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

Human health and wellbeing are profoundly shaped by the environments in which we live. This course examines the influence of the physical, built and social aspects of the environment on health and wellbeing. In addition to gaining increased understanding of health-environment interactions, students will develop skills in tracking environmental exposures and in presenting research findings in both written and oral formats.

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of GEOG325, students should:
  • Be able to critically appraise some key theoretical frameworks in the geography of health.
  • Understand some of the ways in which health is shaped by place and environment
  • Be aware of some of the geographical data and methods associated with the study of health
           and place.

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

30 points of Geography at 200 level; or 30 points from Science, Arts or Health Sciences.

Restrictions

GEOG322

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 14:00 - 15:00 E9 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Rehua 102
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
26 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 26 May
02 Thursday 15:00 - 17:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
26 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 26 May
03 Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
26 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 26 May
Computer Lab B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 Rehua 008 Computer Lab
13 May - 26 May
02 Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00 - 13 May - 26 May
Presentation A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 16:00 - 18:00 Elsie Locke 104A
25 Mar - 31 Mar
02 Wednesday 16:00 - 18:00 Ernest Rutherford 225
25 Mar - 31 Mar
03 Tuesday 12:00 - 14:00 Rehua 529
25 Mar - 31 Mar

Timetable Note

There are two lectures per week (duration of 1 hour each).
There are six labs / tutorials (duration of 2 hours each).

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Malcolm Campbell

Course Coordinator

Lindsey Conrow

Lecturer

Lindsey Conrow

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Tracking and Tracing 40%
Policy Briefing: presentation and individual briefing paper 40%
Labs/tutorials completion 20%

Notes

Prerequisites:
30 points from Geography at 200 level; or
30 points from Science, Arts or Health Sciences.

Restrictions:
GEOG322

Recommended preparation:
N/A

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

All GEOG325 Occurrences

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