Structure: Geography

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Structure

100 credit points

Geography

Major

The Geography major comprises of 100 points (25 points of core subjects at Level 1, 37.5 points of subjects at Level 2, and 37.5 points of subjects at Level 3 - including one compulsory Capstone subject).

Level 1

Famine: The Geography of Scarcity (12.5 points)

and one Arts Foundation Subject

Level 2

37.5 points

Level 3

37.5 points including 1 compulsory subject from a choice of four.

Minor

The BA minor in Geography comprises 25 points at each of year level one, two and three.

Level 1

Famine: The Geography of Scarcity (12.5 points)

and one Arts Foundation Subject

Level 2
25 points

Level 3
25 points

Subject Options

Level 1

At level one students must complete GEOG10001 Famine:The Geography of Scarcity, plus one Arts Foundation subject if you are completing a major or a minor, a total of 25 points.

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG10001	Famine: The Geography of Scarcity	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG10003	Global Youth	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 2

At level two students must complete 37.5 points of Level 2 subjects below for the major, or 25 points for the minor:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG20001	Society and Environments	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20002	Landscapes and Environmental Change	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20003	Environmental Politics and Management	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20010	China in Transition	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20012	Post-Conflict Development and Difference	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20008	Inside the City of Diversity	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20011	Global Inequalities In The Anthropocene	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20013	Health Geography	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG20015	Environmental Change & the Human Journey	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20016	Fertility, Mortality and Social Change	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20017	Spatial Analysis in Geography	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Capstone Subjects

At level three students must complete a total of 37.50 points for the major. This must include one of the compulsory Capstone subject from the following. Students completing a minor must complete 25 points of level three subjects.

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG30025	Biogeography and Ecology of Fire	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30027	Local Sites, Global Connections	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30007	China Field Class	June (On Campus - Parkville)	25
GEOG30026	East Timor Field Class	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG30023	Global Climate Change in Context	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30025	Biogeography and Ecology of Fire	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30001	Geomorphology: Catchment to Coast	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30019	Sustainable Development	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30022	Riverine Landscapes: Hydrology & Ecology	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30027	Local Sites, Global Connections	Semester 2 (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
GEOG30024	Africa: Environment, Development, People	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30026	East Timor Field Class	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
GEOG30028	Mobile Worlds	Not available in 2019	12.5

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