1. Handbook
  2. Subjects
  3. Biogeography and Ecology of Fire
  4. Dates and times

Biogeography and Ecology of Fire (GEOG30025) // Dates and times

You’re viewing the 2026 Handbook:
Or view archived Handbooks

Quotas apply to this subject

Dates & times

  • Summer Term - Off Campus
    CoordinatorMichael-Shawn Fletcher
    Mode of deliveryOff Campus
    Contact hours2 x 2 hr pre-field lectures 7-day field trip 6 x 2 hr practicals 8 x 1 hr lectures 1 x 2 hr workshop
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period15 January 2026 to 13 February 2026
    Last self-enrol date28 November 2025
    Census date30 January 2026
    Last date to withdraw without fail20 February 2026
    Assessment period ends13 March 2026

    Summer Term contact information

    Please contact for enquiries: 

    anthony.romano@unimelb.edu.au 

Time commitment details

170 hours total time commitment

What do these dates mean

Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:

  • Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
       -  Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
     

    Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.

Additional delivery details

An enrolment quota of 30 students (in undergraduate and post-graduate offering) applies to this subject. For detailed information on the quota subject application process, enrolment deadlines and selection preferences, refer to the Faculty of Science website: http://science.unimelb.edu.au/students/course-planning-and-advice

The estimated additional cost of the 7 day field trip is in the vicinity of $750. The field trip to Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, will take place in January. Students need to confirm selection through a $100 deposit to avoid additional field trip costs. Total field trip balance will be due by prior to leaving on the field trip.

This subject requires all students to actively and safely participate in laboratory and field activities. Students undertake field trip experiences that will require them to be physically capable of undertaking outdoor field work in remote locations

Students must complete, or have previously completed, the online Geography learning module.

Last updated: 18 February 2026