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Bachelor of Science (Human Geography)
Human Geography encompasses the study of human societies and human environments. Understanding and helping to resolve conflicts and crises makes Human Geography an immediately socially-relevant discipline. Human Geographers make an essential contribution to environmental management, urban planning, and the management of social and economic change. A human geography major may be usefully combined with a physical geography major.
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
100-Level | |||
Landscape Change and Climatology |
Autumn |
6 | |
The Human Environment: Problems and Change |
Spring |
6 | |
Total for major at 100-level |
12 | ||
Recommended electives: | |||
Planet Earth |
Autumn |
6 | |
Earth Environments and Resources |
Spring |
6 | |
Climate Change |
Spring |
6 | |
200-Level | |||
Introductory Spatial Science |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Population Studies |
Autumn |
6 | |
Social Spaces: Rural and Urban |
Spring |
6 | |
Plus one of the following statistics subjects: | |||
Quantitative Methods |
Autumn/Spring |
6 | |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics |
Spring |
6 | |
Statistics of the Natural Sciences |
Spring |
6 | |
Recommended electives at 200-level include: | |||
Discovering Down Under: A Geography of Australia |
Spring |
6 | |
Environmental Impact of Societies |
Spring |
6 | |
Total for major at 200-level |
24 | ||
300-Level | |||
Spaces, Places and Identities: Qualitative research design |
Autumn |
8 | |
Environmental and Heritage Management |
Spring |
8 | |
Plus at least one other subject chosen from Earth and Environmental Sciences schedule at 300-level. Recommended options include: | |||
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
Autumn |
8 | |
Geographic Information Science |
Spring |
8 | |
Dung, Death and Decay: Modern scientific methods in archaeology |
Autumn |
8 | |
Water Resources and Management |
Spring |
8 | |
Total for major at 300-level |
24 | ||
Sub-total for major |
60 | ||
Plus additional subjects chosen from the Science Schedule |
30 | ||
Total for major |
90 | ||
Plus elective subjects chosen from the Science or General Schedules |
54 | ||
Degree Total |
144 | ||
Honours
Students may apply to enrol in an Honours degree, Bachelor of Science Honours (741), after the requirements of the Pass degree have been fulfilled, normally at the prescribed academic standard. This standard is normally a credit average in the area of specialisation. Admission to Honours is by recommendation of the Head of School and approval of the Dean or Associate Dean.
Other Information
Students are encouraged to choose elective subjects from the arts and social sciences, such as history, economics and sociology. The following sociology electives will enhance students' research skills:
SOC 231: Social Analysis (Spring)
SOC 325: Social Research Methods in Policy and Evaluation (Autumn)
The Degree Coordinator is Associate Professor Gordon Waitt - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Room 41.G29, telephone (02) 4221 3684, email: gwaitt@uow.edu.au.
