- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Bachelor of Science (Human Geography)
Human Geography encompasses the application of spatial thinking to help resolve social conflicts and environmental crises. This makes Human Geography an immediately socially-relevant discipline. Human Geographers make an essential contribution to environmental management, urban planning, and the management of social and economic change.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
100-Level | |||
SCIE000 |
Science Risk Management |
Autumn |
0 |
EESC103 |
Landscape Change and Climatology |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC104 |
The Human Environment: Problems and Change |
Spring |
6 |
Total for major at 100-level |
12 | ||
Recommended electives at 100-level include: | |||
EESC101 |
Planet Earth |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC102 |
Earth Environments and Resources |
Spring |
6 |
SCIE103 |
Climate Change |
Spring |
6 |
200-Level | |||
EESC204 |
Introductory Spatial Science |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
EESC205 |
Population Studies |
Autumn |
6 |
EESC210 |
Social Spaces: Rural and Urban |
Spring |
6 |
Plus one of the following statistics subjects: | |||
COMM121 |
Statistics for Business |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
STAT252 |
Statistics for the Natural Sciences |
Spring |
6 |
Total for major at 200-level |
24 | ||
Recommended elective at 200-level: | |||
EESC208 |
Environmental Impact of Societies |
Spring |
6 |
300-Level | |||
EESC307 |
Spaces, Places and Identities: Qualitative research design |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC308 |
Environmental and Heritage Management |
Spring |
8 |
Plus at least one other subject chosen from Earth & Environmental Sciences schedule at 300-level. Recommended options include: | |||
EESC305 |
Remote Sensing of the Environment |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC309 |
Dung, Death and Decay: Modern scientific methods in archaeology |
Autumn |
8 |
EESC304 |
Geographic Information Science |
Spring |
8 |
EESC310 |
Water Resources and Management |
Spring |
8 |
Total for major at 300-level |
24 | ||
Sub-total for major |
60 | ||
Plus additional subjects chosen from the Science Schedule |
30 | ||
Total for major |
90 | ||
Plus elective subjects chosen from the Science or General Schedules |
54 | ||
Degree Total |
144 | ||
Students are encouraged to choose elective subjects from the arts and social sciences, such as history, economics and sociology. The following electives are strongly recommended:
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
INDS150 |
Introduction to Indigenous Australia |
Autumn |
6 |
INDS201 |
Redefining Eden: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment |
Autumn |
8 |
MACS120 |
The Culture of Everyday Life |
Spring |
6 |
PHIL258 |
Ethics and the Environment |
Spring |
8 |
Honours
See separate entry for the Bachelor of Science Honours (741).
Other Information
The Degree Coordinator is Associate Professor Gordon Waitt - School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Room 41.G20, telephone +61 2 4221 3684, email: gwaitt@uow.edu.au.