Coordinator: Associate Professor Kevin O'Connor
The
diverse research interests of the teaching staff and the variety of facilities
available offer a wide range of research possibilities to students in physical
geography and environmental science. Many of the graduate theses already
completed have been concerned with research problems in Australia but there is
increasing research interest in the Asian region and depending on available
research funds, research outside Australia may also be possible. Strong
research interests include geomorphic process studies, basic and applied
climatology, environmental history, palaeoecology, landscape evolution,
geographical information systems and remote sensing, environmental conflicts
and the interpretation of changing attitudes to the environment.
Candidates for the PhD degree normally should have a masters degree in
geography or allied environmental discipline for which the major requirement is
substantial research accomplishment. Normally, graduate students without a
masters degree are enrolled in the first instance for the MSc. If the research
topic appears to have PhD potential and if the candidate's progress warrants
promotion, a recommendation may be made to the PhD and Scholarships Committee
to change the candidature to that of PhD.
Further information can be gained from the Arts entry in this handbook and the
School of Geography and Environmental Science graduate studies handbook.
Inquiries should be referred to the head of the department.
The
school's purpose is to promote understanding of the interactions of ecological
and social processes, leading to action to facilitate a sustainable world. It
emphasises the value of understanding the environment through practical
projects undertaken within a framework of social and philosophical theory,
thereby encouraging an understanding of how environmental action can be
achieved.
Coursework and research involve multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
approaches, and there is an emphasis on collaborative and applied team
projects.
Students with an honours degree in any discipline may apply for enrolment in
masters programs in environmental science. Students with H2B honours may enrol
in the MEnvSc by coursework and students with H2A honours may enrol in either
the MEnvSc by coursework or the MEnvSc by research combined with coursework.
Students with a bachelors degree without honours may enrol in the masters
qualifying in environmental science by either coursework or by research or in a
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Science.
Further information on the environmental science programs can be gained from
the Arts section in this handbook. The Course Details handbook is
available from the graduate coordinator, School of Geography and Environmental
Science. Inquiries should be referred to the postgraduate administrative
officer, Graduate School of Environmental Science.
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