Undergraduate - Area of study Geography, climate and physical environments

Minor in geography, climate and physical environments:

Land, water and climate stream

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in geography, climate and physical environments in the land, water and climate stream must complete four units (24 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1301 Australian physical environments: Evolution, status and management*
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) additional elective units from the land, water and climate stream list below (12 points)

Note: Students can take the second-year cornerstone units from the land, water and climate stream major as electives.

* This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

Geographical studies stream

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in geography, climate and physical environments in the geographical studies stream must complete four units (24 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1309 The global challenge
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) additional elective units from the geographical studies stream list below (12 points)

Note: Students can take the second-year cornerstone units from the geographical studies stream major as electives.

Major in geography, climate and physical environments:

Land, water and climate stream

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in geography, climate and physical environments in the land, water and climate stream must complete eight units (48 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1301 Australian physical environments: Evolution, status and management*
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) at least two second-year cornerstone unitscornerstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS2780 Geographical analysis

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS2545 Environmental hydrology
• ATS2774 Understanding Australian landscapes: Soil-vegetation dynamics*
• ATS2779 Climate change and variability

(c.) at least two third-year capstone unitscapstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS3787 Research methods in geography, environment and sustainability

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS3558 Global change and the earth system
• ATS3788 Soils, landscape and their management
• ATS3791 Environmental change: Past to future*
• ATS3887 Designing urban futures: Urban climate, water and adaptation

(d.) additional elective units from the land, water and climate stream list below (12 points)

A minimum of three units (18 points) must be completed at third-year level.

Note: Students can take the remaining cornerstone and capstone units as electives.

* This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

Geographical studies stream

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in geography, climate and physical environments in the geographical studies stream must complete eight units (48 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1309 The global challenge
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) at least two second-year cornerstone unitscornerstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS2780 Geographical analysis

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS2547 Cities and sustainability*
• ATS2774 Understanding Australian landscapes: Soil-vegetation dynamics*
• ATS2779 Climate change and variability

(c.) at least two third-year capstone unitscapstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS3259 Geographical information systems (GIS) for environmental management

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS3283 Sharing prosperity: Geographies of work, regional development and economy*
• ATS3787 Research methods in geography environment and sustainability
• ATS3791 Environmental change: Past to future*
• ATS3902 Geopolitics of climate change

(d.) additional elective units from the geographical studies stream list below (12 points)

A minimum of three units (18 points) must be completed at third-year level.

Note: Students can take the remaining cornerstone and capstone units as electives.

* This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

Elective units

Land, water and climate stream

• ATM2020 Climate dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans*
• ATM2030 Clouds, weather and forecasting*
• ATM3040 Physical meteorology*
• ATM3050 Dynamical meteorology*
• ATS2547 Cities and sustainability**
• ATS2548 Environmental policy and management
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world
• ATS2776 Climatology: Land ecosystems and the atmosphere
• ATS3259 GIS for environmental management
• ATS3281 Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy***
• ATS3546 Environmental assessment and decision making
• ATS3552 Remote sensing of the environment
• ATS3556 Urban and regional development in the Indo-Pacific Rims
• ATS3626 Global disasters: Impact, inquiry and change
• ATS3790 Landscape processes
• ATS3902 Geopolitics of climate change
• BIO1042 Environmental biology
• BIO2011 Ecology and biodiversity
• BIO2040 Conservation biology
• BIO3111 Ecological applications*
• ENV2747 Soil science*
• ESC3232 The dynamic biosphere: Changing fauna and flora through geological time
• MON1001 Climate change: An interdisciplinary challenge

Geographical studies stream

• ATS2386/ATS3386 Paradise lost? Sustainability and Australia
• ATS2548 Environmental policy and management
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world
• ATS2776 Climatology: Land ecosystems and the atmosphere
• ATS3281 Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy***
• ATS3545 Environmental hydrology
• ATS3546 Environmental assessment and decision making
• ATS3551 Field studies in urban sustainability****
• ATS3552 Remote sensing of the environment
• ATS3553 Field studies in regional sustainability****
• ATS3554 Resource evaluation and management
• ATS3556 Urban and regional development in the Indo-Pacific Rims
• ATS3558 Global change and the earth system
• ATS3788 Soils, landscape and their management**
• ATS3790 Landscape processes
• ATS3887 Designing urban futures: Urban climate, water and adaptation
• MON1001 Climate change: An interdiscplinary challenge

* Students need permission from the unit coordinator to take this unit.

** This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

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

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