Undergraduate - Area of study Geography and environmental science

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2014 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.

Managing faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered by	School of Arts
Campus(es)	South Africa

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Geography and environmental science, offered by the School of Social Science, is concerned with natural environments, societies, communities, economies, human-environment relations and environmental management.

Physical geography emphasises the systematic study of environmental processes, climate and climate change, landforms and geologic developments. Human geography focuses on development, cities and communities, economic processes and cultural studies. Many geography units include some field studies and trips which involve study of interesting landscapes, climatology, meteorology, cities, and environmental assessment of developmental activities.

Students gain an analytical and critical perception of the current state of the environment as well as global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development concepts, using state-of-the-art research methods and techniques such as geographic information systems.

Units

First-year level

Students studying a first year sequence in geography and environmental science must complete the following two units (12 points):

AZA1306 Introduction to human geography
AZA1308 Introduction to physical geography

Second/Third-year level

Students studying a minor or major in geography and environmental science must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:

a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from List A
a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below, including a minimum of four units from List A. A minimum of three units must be completed at third-year level.

List A units

ATS3551 Field studies in urban sustainability*
ATS3553 Field studies in regional sustainability*
AZA2259/AZA3259 Geographical information systems (GIS): Planning and decision making
AZA2542/AZA3542 Geographical information systems: FOSS geo-informatics
AZA2546/AZA3546 Environmental impact assessment
AZA2548/AZA3548 Environmental policy and resource management
AZA2549/AZA3549 Poverty and power: The uneven world
AZA2550/AZA3550 Climatology

* Field study unit in South Africa. This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches transfers, flights and university adminstration.

List B units

AZA2378/AZA3378 Development and the developing world
AZA2633/AZA3633 World cities: A historical and comparative analysis
AZA2723/AZA3723 Methodological issues in the social sciences
AZA3744 School of social science workplace internship

Relevant courses

4086 Bachelor of Social Science