Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
It is strongly recommended that students wishing to major in environmental science take a core course sequence comprising two first-year subjects from geography (GES1000 and GES1020) together with two from ecology and evolutionary biology (BIO1011 and BIO1042). Subjects to the value of a further twenty-four points should be drawn from other disciplines such as mathematics, chemistry, geology or physics. At least twelve points should be from one of these disciplines.
At second-year level, it is recommended that students majoring in environmental science take GES2420 and three other four-point subjects in geography along with life science subjects LSC2011 and LSC2022, as the core, together with a further sixteen points from related disciplines.
At third-year level the choice of majoring discipline is left open, but it is recommended that students major in one of the core subjects, or in subjects consistent with that core. It is also recommended that students should become conversant with the social, political and economic context of environmental problems by including in their degree at least some subjects chosen from the human geography range of offerings, particularly GES1040 and GES3350. (See the Faculty of Arts handbook for details.)
Students may major jointly in physical geography and environmental science.
Credit may be given for subjects at other institutions which offer either relevant subjects in environmental science or environmental studies and/or closely allied disciplines.
+ GES1000
+ GES1020
Prerequisites: GES1000 and GES1020, or permission of head of department.
Students must choose at least four of the following four-point subjects:
+ GES2130
+ GES2150
+ GES2170
+ GES2190
+ GES2210
+ GES2420
Prerequisites: Sixteen points of second year physical geography or permission of head of department.
Students must choose at least two of the following twelve-point subjects:
+ GES3350
+ GES3360
+ GES3390
+ GES3510
+ GES3530
+ GES3550
Students who have achieved a standard of at least a credit level in the third-year subjects in physical geography or environmental science may enrol for the honours degree. There are three different parts of the honours year course:
+ GES4820
+ GES4840 and
+ GES4860