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About this course
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: http://science.unimelb.edu.au/
Coordinator
This course will no longer be offered from 2017. Please see MC-GEOG Master of Geography
Associate Professor Russell Drysdale
Email: rnd@unimelb.edu.au
Course structure
Students must complete 200 pts including:
- GEOG90018 Contemporary Geographical Thought (12.5 pts)
- Discipline Core subjects (12.5 points);
- Discipline Elective subjects (50 or 62.5 points);
- Professional Skills subjects (12.5 or 25 points);
- Research Project (100 points).
This course is only available on a full-time basis commencing in semester one.
Subject options
Core Subject
Students must take:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG90018 | Contemporary Geographical Thought | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Physical Geography Stream
Discipline Core Subjects
Students must take one of:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Discipline Elective Subjects
Students must take 4 or 5 of the following subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30022 | River Ecology & Ecosystem Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90024 | Coastal Landforms and Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90026 | Global Climate Change In Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90027 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90034 | No longer available | ||
| GEOG90019 | Indigenous Land Management | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90001 | Global Environment and Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
* Students are permitted to take up to two 3rd-year subjects only.
Human Geography Stream
Discipline Core Subjects
Students must take:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Discipline Elective Subjects
Students must take 4 or 5 of the following subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| GEOG90008 | Advanced Reading in Geography | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90026 | The Politics of Food | No longer available | |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90034 | No longer available | ||
| GEOG90019 | Indigenous Land Management | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90001 | Global Environment and Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
* Students are permitted to take up to two 3rd-year subjects only.
Integrated Geography Stream
Discipline Core
Students must take one of:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Discipline Elective Subjects
Students must take 4 or 5 of the following subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOG30022 | River Ecology & Ecosystem Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NRMT40004 | Community Natural Resource Management | No longer available |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOOD90026 | The Politics of Food | No longer available | |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30024 | Africa: Environment, Development, People | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90034 | No longer available | ||
| EVSC90001 | Global Environment and Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
* Students are permitted to take up to two 3rd-year subjects only.
All Streams
Professional Skills
Students must select 1 or 2 of the following subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90471 | Business Tools: The Market Environment | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT90012 | Industry Project in Science | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP90072 | The Art of Scientific Computation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PHYC90045 | Introduction to Quantum Computing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
All Streams
Research Project
The research project will be taken over four consecutive semesters and will begin on the Monday of the first semester of research project enrolment (semesters 1 or 2) and continue until the end of the final semester of research project enrolment. The research project work continues over summer and winter breaks, minus recreation leave of 4 weeks per year.
For how long and at what time within the enrolment the actual period of leave is to be taken needs to be negotiated with a student's supervisor.
The thesis will be due for submission at the end of the formal examination period of the final semester of research project enrolment (usually fourth semester) if an earlier date is not specified. The assessment requirements below are applicable to the entire 100 point Research Project:
- A research proposal modelled on a research grant application style, due at the end of the first 12.5 points: 12.5%
- A full literature review and research proposal seminar, due at the end of the first 25 points: 12.5%
- A 25,000 word thesis and a research results seminar, due by the end of the full 100 points (i.e. at the end of year 2): 75%
Students select their research project load in consultation with their project supervisor and the program coordinator, and must enrol in at least 12.5 points of research project per semester. Therefore, in each semester students must be enrolled in one of the subjects listed here, with the total research project load equalling 100 points over the two years of full-time study.
EXAMPLE:
Year 1, semester 1: GEOG90010 Geography Research Project 12.5 pts
Year 1, semester 2: GEOG90010 Geography Research Project 12.5 pts
Year 2, semester 1: GEOG90011 Geography Research Project 25 pts
Year 2, semester 2: GEOG90013 Geography Research Project 50 pts
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG90010 | Geography Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| GEOG90011 | Geography Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| GEOG90012 | Geography Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| GEOG90013 | Geography Research Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
Last updated: 30 January 2024