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Environmental Geography
Contact information
Coordinator
Peter Christoff
Email: peterac@unimelb.edu.au
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Structure
150 credit points
112.5 points of Environmental Geographies subjects
Subject Options
The following description of the Environmental Geographies major aligns with the Study Plan Structure viewable on the Portal for students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments in 2015 or later.
The components within the structure of this major have been designed to enforce the requirements of both this specific major and of the course overall, e.g. the requirement that at least 62.5 points of Environments discipline subjects (which can include subjects taken within the major) are taken at each of Level 2 and Level 3.
PRE-2015 STUDENTS: Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2015 should refer to the handbook entry for the year they commenced in conjunction with the 2015 handbook listings for Environments elective and Breadth subject listings. View 2014 Bachelor of Environments Handbook entry
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
here | No longer available |
Level 1 Optional Core (12.5 points)
In order to complete this major, enrol in the following subject below in your first year:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ENVS10001 | Natural Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IMPORTANT: This subject can also be taken as a Level 1 Environments Elective.
Environmental Geographies core subjects (37.5 points)
All of
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEOG20001 | Society and Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20003 | Environmental Politics and Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Major Electives & Environments Discipline subjects
Choose the total of
- 75 points of Major elective subjects;
- 37.5 points of Environments Discipline subjects
RULES:
Please note these rules when choosing the Major electives & Environments Discipline subjects below
- Must complete 12.5 points level 2 subjects
- Must complete 25 points level 3 subjects
Major Electives (75 points)
Select from the list below
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AIND20010 | Australian Environmental Philosophy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECOL20003 | Ecology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECON30011 | Environmental Economics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG10001 | Famine: The Geography of Scarcity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20002 | Understanding Global Landforms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20008 | Inside the City of Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20009 | Landscapes and Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20010 | China in Transition | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20011 | Global Inequalities In The Anthropocene | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20012 | Post-Conflict Development and Difference | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30001 | Coastal Landforms & Processes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30007 | China Field Class | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30022 | River Ecology & Ecosystem Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30023 | Global Climate Change in Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30024 | Africa: Environment, Development, People | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30025 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30026 | East Timor Field Class | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30027 | Local Sites, Global Connections | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENST20002 |
Environments Discipline subjects (37.5 points)
Select from this list:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
Environments Discipline subjects | No longer available |
Breadth subjects and restrictions for Environmental Geographies major students
The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on an individual student’s choice of major. Subjects in the Handbook that are marked as available as breadth in the Bachelor of Environments may be subject to further restrictions, depending up which major a student is completing in that course. Detailed information on these
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
Restrictions for Breadth Options | No longer available |
Students undertaking the Environmental Geographies major are not permitted to take as breadth:
- any Anthropology subjects (subject codes beginning ANTH)
- any Asian Studies subjects (subject codes beginning ASIA)
- any Australian Indigenous Studies subjects (subject codes beginning AIND)
- any Australian Studies subjecs (subject code beginning AUST)
- any Criminology subjects (subject codes beginning CRIM)
- any Development Studies subjects (subject codes beginning DEVT)
- any Economics subjects (subject codes beginning ECON)
- any Environmental Science subjects (subject codes beginning EVSC)
- any Gender Studies subjects (subject codes beginning GEND)
- any Linguistics subjects (subject codes beginning LING)
- any Political Science subjects (subject codes beginning POLS)
- any Psychology subjects (subject codes beginning PSYC)
- any Social Theory subjects (subject codes beginning SOTH)
- any Sociology subjects (subject codes beginning SOCI)
Notes
For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan please visit: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/sample-course-plans-bachelor-environments
Last updated: 30 January 2024