- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Bachelor of Science (Land and Heritage Management)
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.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
First Year | |||
Core | |||
EESC102 |
Earth Environments and Resources |
Spring |
6 |
EESC103 |
Landscape Change and Climatology |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC104 |
The Human Environment: Problems and Change |
Spring |
6 |
INDS150 |
Introduction to Indigenous Australia |
Autumn or Spring |
6 |
Recommended Electives | |||
BIOL103 |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
Spring |
6 |
BIOL104 |
Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC101 |
Planet Earth |
Autumn |
6 |
SCIE103 |
Climate Change |
Spring |
6 |
Plus other elective subjects to total 48 credit points at First Year. Students are encouraged to select from the General Schedule offerings in History, Indigenous Studies, STS and Legal Studies. | |||
Second Year | |||
Core | |||
EESC203 |
Biogeography and Environmental Change |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC204 |
Introductory Spatial Science |
Autumn or Spring |
6 |
EESC208 |
Environmental Impact of Societies |
Spring |
6 |
INDS201 |
Redefining Eden: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment |
Autumn |
6 |
STAT252 |
Statistics for the Natural Sciences |
Spring |
6 |
Please select one of the following two subjects: | |||
EESC205 |
Population Studies |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC210 |
Social Spaces: Rural and Urban |
Spring |
6 |
Please select one of the following two subjects: | |||
BIOL251 |
Principles of Ecology and Evolution |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC202 |
Soils, Landscape and Hydrology |
Spring |
6 |
Plus other elective subjects to total 48 credit points at Second Year. | |||
Third Year | |||
EESC304 |
Geographic Information Systems |
Spring |
8 |
EESC307 |
Spaces, Places and Identities: Qualitative research design |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC308 |
Environmental and Heritage Management |
Spring |
8 |
Plus THREE of the following: | |||
EESC300 |
Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
Autumn or Spring |
8 |
EESC302 |
Coastal Environments: Process and Management |
Spring |
8 |
EESC303 |
Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC305 |
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC310 |
Water Resources and Management |
Spring |
8 |
Or other subjects approved by the Coordinator |
Honours
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.
Other Information
The Degree Coordinator is Associate Professor Gordon Waitt - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, telephone (02) 4221 3684, email: gwaitt@uow.edu.au.