GEOS 3053 & 3054: Asia-Pacific Field School

GEOS 3053 Asia-Pacific Field School- Assessment A (6cp)
GEOS 3953 Asia-Pacific Field School- Assessment A (Advanced)(6cp)
Prof. Phil Hirsch

Session: February (intensive)
Prerequisites: 6 credit points of Intermediate Units of Study in Geography
Classes: 6 weeks intensive. 8 modules of 3 lectures each; 10 full days’ equivalent fieldwork; 20 hours small group work.
Assessment: One tutorial paper, one extended field report, one exam. Independent assessment is required for advanced Unit of Study.

The unit of study can be taken only in coincidence with GEOS 3054 and with prior permission from the unit of study coordinator. It constitutes a Field School run over a -six week period in January-February, prior to the commencement of the semester. In 2010 the Field School will be held in China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. In other years it may be held in the South Pacific (Vanuatu and Fiji). GEOS3053 will focus on the use, development and management of the Mekong River at various scales from village to international river basin. The field school is run in close association with local universities, whose staff and students participate in some components of the course. Places are limited, and students interested in the 2010 Field School should indicate expression of interest to before the end of May 2009.

Please note: Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than the end of May in the year before taking this Unit.


GEOS 3054 Asia-Pacific Field School- Assessment B (6cp)
GEOS 3954 Asia-Pacific Field School- Assessment B (Advanced) (6cp)
Prof. Phil Hirsch

Session: February (intensive)
Prerequisites: 6 credit points of Intermediate Units of Study in Geography
Classes: 6 weeks intensive. 8 modules of 3 lectures each; 10 full days’ equivalent fieldwork; 20 hours small group work.
Assessment: One tutorial paper, one extended field report, one exam. Independent assessment is required for advanced Unit of Study.

The unit of study can be taken only in coincidence with GEOS3053 and with prior permission from the unit of study coordinator. It constitutes a Field School run over a six week period in January-February, prior to the commencement of the semester. In 2010 the Field School will be held in China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. In other years it may be held in the South Pacific (Vanuatu and Fiji). GEOS3054 will focus on economic development and regional integration in the Greater Mekong Subregion and their social & environmental implications at various scales from village to transnational region. It is run in close association with local universities, whose staff and students participate in some components of the course. Places are limited, and students interested in the 2010 Field School should indicate expression of interest to before the end of May 2009.

Please note: Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than the end of May in the year before taking this Unit.