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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Geographical Sciences Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 180KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1
Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Compulsory
GEOS1100 Environment & Society Prerequisite for major
MATH1051 Calculus & Linear Algebra I1, 2 Recommended
Elective Elective

Year 1 - Semester 2
Course Code & Title Requirements
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data Compulsory
GEOM1000 Fundamentals of Geographic Information & Technologies Prerequisite for major
MATH1052 Multivariate Calculus & Ordinary Differential Equations2 Recommended
Elective Elective
  1. MATH1050 is not available for students with a High Achievement or higher in Senior Maths C. MATH1050 is not available to students who have passed MATH1051 and/or MATH1071 and/or MATH1052 and/or MATH1072.
  2. Students with a high achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1071, MATH1072 and MATH2401. Students with a sound achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take the sequence MATH1051, MATH1052 and MATH2400.

Choose a study plan

Biogeography and Landscape Ecology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

GEOM2001 Geographical Info Systems

GEOS2110 Tectonics of Active Plate Boundaries
2

GEOS2101 Climatology & Hydrology
GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ]

 GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
GEOS3106 Environ Hazards
GEOS3400 Research Topic1

ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Management
ENVM3115 Climate Change and Environmental Management
2

ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management
GEOM3002 Advanced GIS ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Prob & Prosp

GEOM3001 Advanced Earth Observation Sciences
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Climatology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems		 GEOM2001 Geographical Information System
MATH2001 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra II
2 GEOS2101 Climatology & Hydrology GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
MATH2100 Applied Mathematical Analysis
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management
ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Management
ENVM3115 Climate Change & Env Management
GEOS3400 Research Topic1

  
2

GEOM3001 Advanced Earth Observation Sciences ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Problems & Prospects		 ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management
GEOM3002 Advanced GIS
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Earth System Science

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ GEOS2100 Environmental Systems
GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOM2001 Geographical Info Systems

GEOS2110 Tectonics of Active Plate Boundaries
2

GEOS2101 Climatology & Hydrology
GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology ]

GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management
ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Management
GEOS3400 Research Topic1
MARS3012 Physical-biological Oceanography

 CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
GEOS3106 Environmental Hazards
2

ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management
GEOM3001 Advanced Remote Sensing of Environment
GEOS3108 Meteorology ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Prob & Prosp		 GEOM3002 Advanced GIS
GEOM3005 Geospatial Processing & Web Mapping
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Geographical Information Science

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOM2001 Geographical Info Systems

GEOS2100 Environmental Systems
2 GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
INFS1200 Intro to Information Systems
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ GEOS3400 Research Topic1

ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management
2

GEOM3001 Advanced Remote Sensing of Environment
GEOM3002 Advanced GIS
GEOM3005 Geospatial Processing and Web Mapping ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Problems & Prospects		  
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Hydrology and Geomorphology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 GEOM2000 Intro to Remote Sensing
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

GEOM2001 Geographical Info Systems
MATH2001 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra
GEOS2110 Tectonics of Active Plate Boundaries
2

GEOS2101 Climatology & Hydrology

 GEOS2103 Biogeography & Geomorphology
GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
MATH2100 Applied Mathematical Analysis
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Mgt
GEOS3400 Research Topic1

NVM3115 Climate Change & Environmental Management
GEOS3106 Environmental Hazards
2 GEOS3102 Global Change: Problems & Prospects
GEOM3001 Advanced Remote Sensing of Environment		 GEOM3002 Advanced GIS
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Marine and Coastal Systems

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 MARS2014 Marine Science
GEOM2000 Intro to Remote Sensing		 GEOM2001 Geographical Info Systems
2 GEOS2103 Biogeography and Geomorphology GEOS2105 Geography of Australia
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management
GEOS3400 Research Topic1

  
2

GEOM3001 Advanced Remote Sensing of Environment
MARS3012 Physical-biological Oceanography ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Problems & Prospects		 GEOM3002 Advanced GIS
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.

Society and the Environment

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ GEOG2205 Global Population Issues
GEOM2000 Intro to Remote Sensing
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

 ENVM2200 Resource Man & Environ Planning
2

GEOS2105 Geography of Australia ]

 SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management
ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Management
ENVM3115 Climate Change & Environmental Management
ENVM3203 Tools for Environmental Assessment and Analysis
GEOS3103 Progress in Geography
GEOS3400 Research Topic1

 GEOS3106 Environmental Hazards
GEOS3004 International Field Studies
2

GEOG3205 Applied Demography ]


GEOS3102 Global Change: Problems & Prospects		 ENVM3215 Fire Ecology and Management
  1. This course is available in semester 1 and 2.