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Land and Heritage Management

This is a 3-year special degree program structured to provide a core grounding in both the human and physical geography strands and to provide the skills to work on both cultural and natural heritage issues or in land management. Approval is required for entry to this degree program. Co-ordinator: Dr G Waitt.


100-Level
GEOS102 Earth Environments and Resources
GEOS112 Physical Environments
GEOS142 The Human Environment: Problems and Change
MATH151 General Mathematics ( required if entering the program without at least 72/100 in HSC 2U Mathematics or equivalent)

Recommended as elective subjects
GEOS111 Planet Earth
BIOL103 Molecules, Cells and Organisms
BIOL104 Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment

Students are also encouraged to select from the General Schedule offerings in History, Aboriginal Studies, STS and Legal Studies
200-Level
GEOS242 Living in Cities
GEOS243 The Bush and Beyond: Rural Society in Australia
GEOS222 Biogeography
GEOS231 Environmental Impact of Societies

Plus at least two subjects chosen from the following list:
GEOS246 A Hungry World: Food Resources and the World Economy
GEOS239 Remote Sensing of the Environment
GEOS220 Climate and Natural Hazards
GEOS214 Soils, Landscape and Hydrology
BIOL251 Principles of Ecology and Evolution

Plus elective subjects to a total of 12 credit points.
300-Level
GEOS339 Geographic Information Systems
GEOS331 Environmental Management and Decision-Making
GEOS333 Cultural Heritage Management

Plus three subjects chosen from the following list
GEOS315 Field Studies in Physical Geography
GEOS347 Northern Neighbours: Economic and Social Change in the Asia-Pacific Rim
GEOS349 Population, Health and Environment
GEOS381 Directed Studies
MARE322 Global Environmental Change
MARE323 Coastal Environments

 

 
 
 

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