Geography

Major/Minor/Specialisation !R01-AA-MAJ+1016 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Dr Ian Thomas

Melbourne School of Land and Environment

Contact

Email: i.thomas@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	Geography is about the relationship between people and their environments. Geography integrates both physical science and social science knowledge to provide students with the skills and conceptual frameworks needed to understand the processes that shape the world around us. As Geography is a field-based discipline, the major enables students to gain practical and relevant research experience. While practical laboratory classes, field trips, and group project work are found at all levels of study in the major, the third year exemplifies the scope and strength of Geography. In this year, students complete a 'capstone' subject pertaining to the history and philosophy of Geography, and may also take 25-point subject involving significant, original, field-based research under the guidance of teaching staff. The major will provide opportunities for students to develop critical intellectual skills, transferable professional skills, a sense of public responsibility and engagement, and higher research degree capacities. Completion of the major will allow students to enter careers or research in the following areas: environmental sciences, resource management, environmental consultancies, industry and government.
Objectives:	To learn the skills and conceptual frameworks needed to understand the environmental and social processes that shape the world.
Structure & Available Subjects:	Completion of 50 points of study at Level 3.
Subject Options:	Third Year Core Subject Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: GEOG30003 Geographical Thought Semester 1 12.50 Plus at least one subject with a fieldwork component selected from Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: GEOG30004 Fluvial Geomorphology Semester 2 12.50 ENST30001 Environmental Change Field Class Not offered in 2011 25 GEOG30007 China Field Class Semester 2 25 GEOG30022 Rivers: Hydrology and Ecology Semester 1 12.50 GEOG30021 The Disaster Resilient City Semester 2 12.50 GEOG30001 Coastal Landforms & Processes Semester 1 12.50 Plus if only 12.5 or 25 points is selected from the above, one or both of: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: DEVT30001 Africa: Environment, Development, People Semester 2 12.50 GEOG30019 Sustainable Development Semester 1 12.50
Notes:	This major is available to new generation Bachelor of Science students (B-SCI). It is also available to Bachelor of Science students (except BA/BSc and BASc students) who commenced prior to 2008. The published structure of this major includes subjects available in the current year. Pre-2008 Bachelor of Science students who completed one or more Level 3 science subjects towards this major prior to 2010 should contact the EPSC for advice on appropriate subjects to complete this major.
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Information Systems

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