Senior Units of Study
The School of Geosciences' Senior units of study are designed to provide students opportunities to specialise in different areas according to interest and need. All Senior Units are worth six Credit Points and can be undertaken at a standard or advanced level.
Students intending to major in either Geography or Geology & Geophysics must enrol in a minimum of 24 Senior Credit Points. Additionally, they must meet the requirements particular to each discipline.
Students interested in majoring in Geography must include one or more of the following: GEOS3053/3953, GEOS3513/3913, GEOS3522/3922 or GEOG3521/3921.
Students interested in a Geology & Geophysics major are required to take two compulsory units (GEOS3101/3801 and the field studies unit GEOS3008/3908, as well as two of GEOS3102, GEOS3103, GEOS3104). These units provide students with a foundation training that prepares them for further study in an Honours or postgraduate coursework program as well as enabling them to enter the main professional fields of the discipline, eg. resource and energy exploration, engineering geology, and environmental geology.
The following table lists all available Senior Units of Study. In the table, the advanced Unit code follows the standard Unit code.
| February Semester | July Semester |
|---|---|
| GEOS3101/3801 Earth's Structure and Evolution | GEOS3103/3803 Environmental and Sedimentary Geology |
| GEOS3102/3802 Global Energy and Resources | GEOS3104/3804 Geophysical Methods |
| GEOS3009/3909 Coastal Environments and Processes | GEOS3008/3908 Field Geology and Geophysics |
| GEOS3053/3953 Southeast Asia Field School | GEOS3014/3914 GIS in Coastal Management |
| ENVI3111 Environmental Law and Ethics | ENVI3112 Environmental Assessment |
| GEOS3520 Urban Citizenship and Sustainability | NTMP3005 Coastal Management |
| GEOS3333 Geographical Concepts, Skills & Methods |