This specialist program combines Physical and Human Geography with other relevant subjects to provide the skills and knowledge required for employment or research on both cultural and natural heritage issues. This is a prescribed program of study comprising core and optional subjects as set out below.
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Subjects
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Session
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Credit Points
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First Year
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Core
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EESC102
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Earth Environments and Resources
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Spring
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6
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EESC103
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Landscape Change and Climatology
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Autumn
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6
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EESC104
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The Human Environment: Problems and Change
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Spring
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6
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MATH151
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General Mathematics 1A (if required)
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Autumn or Summer
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6
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Recommended Options
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EESC101
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Planet Earth
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Autumn
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6
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BIOL104
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Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment
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Autumn
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6
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BIOL103
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Molecules, Cells and Organisms
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Spring
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6
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Plus other elective subjects to total 48 credit points. Students are encouraged to select from the General Schedule offerings in History, Aboriginal Studies, STS and Legal Studies.
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Second Year
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Core
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EESC204
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Introductory Spatial Science
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Spring
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6
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EESC210
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Social Spaces: Rural and Urban
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Spring
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6
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EESC203
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Biogeography and Environmental Change
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Autumn
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6
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EESC208
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Environmental Impact of Societies
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Spring
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6
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Plus at least TWO subjects chosen from:
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EESC202
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Soils, Landscape and Hydrology
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Spring
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6
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EESC206
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Discovering Downunder: A Geography of Australia
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Spring
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6
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EESC205
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Population Studies
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Autumn
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6
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BIOL251
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Principles of Ecology and Evolution
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Autumn
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6
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Plus other elective subjects to total 48 credit points
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Third Year
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Core
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EESC308
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Environmental and Heritage Management
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Spring
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8
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EESC307
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Spaces, Places and Identities: Qualitative research design
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Autumn
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8
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EESC304
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Geographic Information Systems
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Spring
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8
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Plus THREE of the following:
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EESC302
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Coastal Environments: Process and Management
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Spring
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8
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EESC303
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Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology
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Autumn
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8
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EESC305
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Remote Sensing of the Environment
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Autumn
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8
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EESC310
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Water Resources and Management
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Spring
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8
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EESC300
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Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Autumn or Spring
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8
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Or other subjects approved by the Coordinator
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Students with a good academic record, particularly in third year, are encouraged to proceed to the Honours year in the discipline of their major. The Honours year is a fourth year of study that provides training in independent research.
The Degree Coordinator is Associate Professor Gordon Waitt - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, telephone (02) 4221 3684, email: gwaitt@uow.edu.au.
