Environmental Debates: People, Place & Culture
International Business Program
Sydney, Australia
Dates: 9/4/25 - 12/6/25
Environmental Debates: People, Place & Culture
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: CEA CAPA Sydney Center
Location: Sydney, Australia
Primary Subject Area: Geography
Instruction in: English
Course Code: GEOG355SYD
Transcript Source: University of New Haven
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: One 200 level course, or two 100 level courses in Geography or related discipline
DESCRIPTION
This course explores the multi-faceted dimensions of human interaction with diverse environments in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific to illuminate the origins of environmental concerns and current debates in these regions from pre-European contact to now. From the peopling of the Pacific to the challenge of climate change, this course is broad in its scope while concentrating on selected issues such as the impact of mining, clean energy futures, our vulnerability to "natural" disasters and increasing urbanization. In so doing, the intersection of culture and nature is explored. The course is embedded in the environmental humanities but uses environmental history approaches and insights from science, politics, sociology and cultural studies.