Geographies of Collapse and Resilience
UndergraduateTAS-KGA3082027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 27 June 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,690
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Geographies of Collapse and Resilience
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Apply critical geographical approaches to develop evidence-based knowledge of inequitable collapse and resilience processes.
- Investigate local, regional, and global power relations to identify structural inequalities, meaningful responses, and equitable futures.
- Communicate political ecology insights through critical, reflective, dialogical, creative, persuasive and ethical forms of academic and professional writing and speaking.
- Module 1: Doing Political Ecology: Analytical Tools
- Ecology and Justice in a New Climate
- Development and Sustainability
- Capitalism and Power
- Doing Political Ecology
- Module 2: Energy = Physical Power + Social Power
- Political Ecologies of Energy
- Just Renewable Energy?
- Module 3: Food: Chains that Bind
- Political Ecologies of Food
- Controlling Food Systems
- Module 4: Water: Flows of Goods and Bads
- Political Ecologies of Water
- Water for what?
- Module 5: New Worlds Inside Old Worlds
- Reform
- Transform
- Regenerate
This subject was formerly titled "Political Ecologies of Development".
In a globalised economy and changing climate, ecological health, individual well-being, social cohesion are in decline. More people and more places are experiencing hardship, with those in the Global South (the majority world) and in disadvantaged parts of the Global North (the minority world) most likely to be adversely affected. In this subject, you will critically engage with geographies of collapse and resilience in analysing uneven and unjust social and ecological change in socio-ecological systems, including natural environments. By understanding collapse and resilience in terms of place and places – as relational intersections of ecologies, histories, societies, and technologies – you will apply social science approaches to: examine notions of collapse and resilience in terms of agency and power; investigate unequal and inequitable power relations through the lens of colonialism and capitalism; and envision meaningful responses and equitable futures. The skills and knowledge you develop are applicable to roles in government, non-government organisations, the private sector, and civil society, particularly those in conservation and environmental management or those advancing equity and equality in the contexts of hardship, crisis, and disaster.
This subject involves secure tasks that assure your learning. These tasks will involve live, online, or face-to-face in person interaction and participation. The week in which these tasks are scheduled is indicated in the assessment details, with specific times and dates provided on the UTAS learning management system website, MyLO, once you enrol.
- Take Home Examination (25%)
- Critical Inquiry. Your participation in, and successful completion of, this task is designed to assure your learning. You must successfully complete this task to pass KGA308. (40%)
- Investigative Essay (35%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
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Conditional requisite: One subject (12.5 UTAS credit points at TAS-KGA level 200 ) OR Two subjects (25 UTAS credit points at Level 200 in Asian Studies, Ecology and Biological Sciences, Economics, English, Fine and Performing Arts, History, International Relations, Law, Management, Politics and Public Policy, Psychology, Sociology or Social Work).
*Please contact the unit coordinator, Aidan (Aidan.Davison@utas.edu.au), or Kate Booth (Kate.Booth@utas.edu.au) if you have any queries, including about pre-requisites.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 1-hour lecture weekly; 2-hour (inc. break) tutorial weekly; 8-hour (inc. breaks) all-day conference. Online students who are unable to attend weekly tutorials due to health, work or other documented reasons can apply for non-tutorial assessment for Assessment Task 1.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science
UndergraduateTAS-BBS-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Science
UndergraduateTAS-PSC-DEG
Bachelor of Science (Sustainability)
UndergraduateTAS-SUS-DEG
Bachelor of Science (Geography and Environment)
UndergraduateTAS-SCG-DEG
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