Overview
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Program of study overview
Program of study
36 Units
Level 1 - Core9 Units
Level 2 - Core13.5 Units
Level 3 - Core9 Units
Level 4 - Option 4.5 Units
Aims
The major aims to:
- Provide students wishing to teach physical geography, earth sciences and/or environmental sciences an understanding of how Earth has formed and how it operates
- Provide an overview of the principal marine and terrestrial environments that characterise Earth
- Provide an overview of the processes which lead to the formation of Earth’s oceans, estuaries, and terrestrial environments, including how those processes lead to the development of a suite of characteristic land forms
- Describe our planetary environment and the governing cycles and processes which control its behaviour, and the role of future climate change
- Describe the natural physical processes which control the occurrence, movement and distribution of water and sediment on the Earth
- Provide students with the skills to conduct environmental, earth science and geographical studies in the field
Learning outcomes
On completion students will be able to:
1.
Understand the unifying principles and processes which are critical in understanding the evolution, behaviour, dynamics, and land-forming processes of planet Earth
2.
Have a capacity for critical thinking
3.
Develop both quantitative and qualitative problem solving skills
4.
Develop a suite of field methods and skills to conduct environmental surveys, collect field data, and interpret landforms and their principal processes
Available in courses
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)