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GEOG13016 - Geopolitics

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Unit Synopsis

In Geography, the notion of ‘place’ is central and location and proximity drive world events – for example, how do Earth system characteristics enable humanitarian crises? What are the results of national wrangling around pandemics? With geographical critical analysis tools, you will explore contemporary global power shifts that affect conflict and cooperation; trade and agriculture; climate and environment; migration and tourism. You will engage with differing theoretical viewpoints to encourage a deeper reflection on world events in the Anthropocene.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

18 credit points from the Geography major

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Annotated bibliography 10%
2. Annotated bibliography 35%
3. Case Study 35%
4. Oral Examination 20%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain the concepts of geopolitics that underpin international relationships
  2. Analyse the role of place in geopolitics
  3. Demonstrate how geographical concepts can be used to explore international events.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Annotated bibliography •
2 - Annotated bibliography •
3 - Case Study •
4 - Oral Examination •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy •
8 - Ethical practice •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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