Community And Environment

(Available at the Shoalhaven Campus, West Nowra, Bateman's Bay Library and Education Access Centre and Bega Access Centre)

The Community and Environment major is made up of 78 credit points, consisting of all five core subjects at 100-level (30 credit points), 3 core subjects at 200-level (24 credit points) and 24 credit points at 300-level made up of the two core subjects and one elective from the 300-level Arts offerings. The remainder of the degree consists of electives chosen from Arts or, with the approval of the appropriate Department/Faculty, electives from the following degrees offered at the South Coast campuses: Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (Business Information Systems), Bachelor of Physical Science, Bachelor of Science.

In 2000, residents on the South Coast will have an opportunity to begin to study for a University of Wollongong BA degree close to home. The BA will be a coherent interdisciplinary degree based around a core and electives chosen from a range of subjects offered by the Faculties of Arts, Commerce, Informatics and Science. Subjects that are also offered on the Wollongong campus will be available in a flexible delivery mode in Nowra, Bateman's Bay and Bega.

Students will gain a broad general education with an emphasis on gaining transferable skills in written and oral communication, research and computer applications. While the traditional humanities and social sciences skills of reading to understand, writing essays and making convincing oral presentations are central, so are the related skills of report and submission writing, understanding the use of statistics in arguments and using the new technologies to find and present information.

Students will be able to study progressions of subjects with a strong Australian content in the areas of environment, social policy, cultural heritage (including Aboriginal studies, history and literature), and communication studies (including film and television).

All 100-level subjects will be available in 2000 at all three Centres and selected 200-level subjects will be available at the Shoalhaven campus. Upper level subjects will be introduced to all centres, beginning in 2001.

Honours
At the end of a three year undergraduate degree, a fourth or Honours year will be available for eligible students.

Community and Environment Major

Number	Subject	Credit Points
100-Level
Core
ARTS112	Place and People	6
ARTS113	Society and Representation	6
CCS105	Introduction to Communication and Cultural Studies	6
ELS161	English for Academic Purposes: a First Language Perspective	6
PHIL151	Practical Reasoning	6
Electives*
ABST150	Introduction to Aboriginal Australia	6
GEOS142	The Human Environment: Problems and Change	6
200-Level
Core
ENGL260	Nineteenth Century Australian Literary Culture	8
HIST218	Consensus, Conflict and Culture: Australia, 1888-1988	8
SOC231	Introduction to Research Methods	8
Electives*
ABST200	Aboriginal History Since Invasion	8
CCS219	Australian Screen	8
STS218	Environment in Crisis	8
300-Level
Core
SOC308	Social Policy	8
STS300	The Environmental Context	8
Electives*
SOC306	Advanced Research Methods	8
ABST361	Issues in Aboriginal Education	8
CCS357	Television Cultures	8
AUST300	Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture	8
ENGL371	Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture	8
HIST380	Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture	8

* Electives may also be chosen from Commerce, Science, Informatics or Engineering subjects offered at the South Coast campuses, subject to meeting entry requirements.