Bachelor of Science in Geography and Geosystems
Course Overview
This degree program equips you with the scientific and geographic expertise to tackle critical environmental challenges like climate change and sustainable development. Through a focus on real-world fieldwork and hands-on research, you will learn to analyze the complex relationships between human activities and natural systems. Graduates emerge as skilled professionals ready to integrate spatial and scientific understanding into policy and resource management decision-making.
Key Program Highlights
- Focus on pressing global issues like climate change, energy, and sustainable development
- Strong emphasis on field-based learning and hands-on research experiences
- Develop expertise in the spatial and scientific analysis of human-environment relationships
- Prepares graduates for decision-making roles in policy and natural resource management
- Builds a versatile skill set highly valued in the growing environmental workforce
Course Overview
This degree program equips you with the scientific and geographic expertise to tackle critical environmental challenges like climate change and sustainable development. Through a focus on real-world fieldwork and hands-on research, you will learn to analyze the complex relationships between human activities and natural systems. Graduates emerge as skilled professionals ready to integrate spatial and scientific understanding into policy and resource management decision-making.
Key Program Highlights
- Focus on pressing global issues like climate change, energy, and sustainable development
- Strong emphasis on field-based learning and hands-on research experiences
- Develop expertise in the spatial and scientific analysis of human-environment relationships
- Prepares graduates for decision-making roles in policy and natural resource management
- Builds a versatile skill set highly valued in the growing environmental workforce
Requirements
Modules
- Mathematical Studies
- Biology
- Chemistry/Physics
- Principles of Physical Geography
- Geography in Action
- Principles of Human Geography
- Field Studies in Biogeography
- Introduction to Ocean Science
- Fundamentals in Aquatic Plant Science
- Statistics for Data Science 1
- Environmental Legislation
- Biogeography
- Earth Surface Landforms and Processes
- Field Studies in Palaeoclimate
- Introduction to Palaeoclimatology
- Legislation for Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Planning, Sustainability and Climate Action
- Statistics for Data Science 2
- The Earth: From Core to Crust
- Coastal Environments
- Professional Skills and Pathways for Geographers
- Introduction To GIS
- Research Project Design & Development
- Introduction to Sustainability 1
- Work Placement for Geographers
- Research Placement for Geographers
- International Work Placement for Geographers
- Field Studies in Palaeoclimate
- Introduction to Palaeoclimatology
- Economic Geography
- How Television Lobotomised the World
- Global Migration and Media: Refugees, Climate, Misinformation and Crisis
- Environmental Law II
- Megatrends
- Design Your Life Semester 2
- Media Law and Ethics
- Online and Social Media: Theory and Practice
- Agricultural Policy, Farming and the Rural
- Coastal Dynamics
- Plant Resources and Ecosystems
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental And Natural Resource Economics
- Palaeontology and Evolution
- Megatrends
- Global Change
- Introduction to Applied Field Hydrology
- Dissertation in Geography and Geosystems
- Ocean Dynamics
- Plants, atmosphere and environment throughout Earth history
- Sociology Of The Environment
- Palaeoecology - Reconstructing Past Environments
- Ocean and Marine Politics
- Communicating Science and Research
- Advanced Gis
