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Environmental Geography
Bachelor of EnvironmentsMajorYear: 2021
Environmental Geography
Contact information
Coordinator
Peter Christoff
Email: peterac@unimelb.edu.au
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Overview
THE COURSE STRUCTURE BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO RE-ENROLLING STUDENTS WHO COMMENCED THEIR STUDIES PRIOR TO 2016
The Environmental Geographies major focuses on the relationship between human activities and the natural and built environment, humanity's changing relationship with the natural environment, and with the natural 'resources' that we both need and use. Contemporary political disputes, for example, have much to do with long-held concerns over energy supplies, water, land and food.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of a three year Bachelor of Environments degree with an Environmental Geographies major, students will have developed a base of knowledge in natural systems, political economy, and cultural politics, providing students with the skills and conceptual frameworks needed to understand complex processes shaping the world around us.
Last updated: 9 November 2024
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.
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 (Dual-Delivery - 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 (Online) |
12.5 |
GEOG20003 | Environmental Politics and Management | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - 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 | No longer available | |
ECOL20003 | Ecology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECON30011 | Environmental Economics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
GEOG10001 | Famine: The Geography of Scarcity | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
GEOG20002 | Landscapes and Environmental Change | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20008 | Inside the City of Diversity | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20009 | Landscapes and Diversity | No longer available | |
GEOG20010 | China in Transition | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20011 | Global Inequalities In The Anthropocene | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20012 | Post-Conflict Development and Difference | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30001 | Geomorphology: Catchment to Coast | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30007 | China Field Class | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30022 | Riverine Landscapes: Hydrology & Ecology | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
GEOG30023 | Global Climate Change in Context | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30024 | Africa: Environment, Development, People | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30025 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
GEOG30026 | East Timor Field Class | Semester 2 (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
GEOG30027 | Local Sites, Global Connections | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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: 9 November 2024
Majors, minors and specialisations
Course planning for an Environmental Geographies major
A major in Environmental Geographies in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:
- 37.5 points of Environmental Geographies core subjects;
- 75 points of Major Elective subjects;
PLUS
# In the first year: 12.5 points of Optional Core (or Environments Elective) required for the major.
Specific details of the Bachelor of Environments course structure can be found at:
Last updated: 9 November 2024