GEOG10001 Famine: The Geography of Scarcity (University of Melbourne): rated 4.3/5 overall across 37 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
GEOG10001 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Arts in Geography. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 饥荒：匮乏的地理
Type: Subject
Credit points: 12.5
Subject area: Geography
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Level: Undergraduate level 1
Handbook year: 2026
There are over 800 million people in the world who are chronically malnourished, and world hunger is rising. Yet the world already produces enough food to feed 1.
GEOG10001 has 37 scored reviews: overall 4.3/5 · usefulness 4.2 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 22 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.2 stars); 15 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.5/5).
On Reddit: "Here are my 2 suggestions: Famine: The Geography of Scarcity (Level 1) https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10001 Really fun and interesting subject, and pretty easy. Content is really interesting and the lectures are fun to watch. There are 2 assignments that involve ma…"
On Reddit: "GEOG10001 - stopped attending lectures week 3, compounded lecture slides and readings and used ctrl-F for online MCQ exam, got a 91 overall (97.5 mapping tasks, 83 essay, 28/30 MCQ exam). The mapping tasks are easy to get 95-100 in and make up 30%. The only difficult part is the…"
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Q: Is GEOG10001 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 37 reviews: usefulness 4.2/5, overall 4.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches GEOG10001, and when is it offered?
A: GEOG10001 is taught by the Faculty of Arts. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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