Bachelor of Science - Land and Heritage Management

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Bachelor of Science (Land and Heritage Management)

This specialist program combines Physical and Human Geography with other relevant subjects to provide the skills and knowledge required for employment or research on both cultural and natural heritage issues. This is a prescribed program of study comprising core and optional subjects as set out below.

Course Program


Subjects		Session	Credit Points
First Year
Core
SCIE000	Science Risk Management	Autumn or Spring	0
EESC103	Landscape Change and Climatology	Autumn	6
INDS150	Introduction to Indigenous Australia	Autumn	6
EESC102	Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
EESC104	The Human Environment: Problems and Change	Spring	6
Recommended Electives
BIOL104	Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
BIOL105	Functional Biology of Plants and Animals	Autumn	6
EESC101	Planet Earth	Autumn	6
BIOL103	Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
SCIE103	Climate Change	Spring	6
Or other elective subjects to total 48 credit points at First Year. Students are encouraged to select from the General Schedule offerings in History, Indigenous Studies, STS and Legal Studies.
Second Year
Core
EESC203	Biogeography and Environmental Change	Autumn	6
EESC204	Introductory Spatial Science	Autumn or Spring	6
INDS201	Redefining Eden: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment	Autumn	8
EESC208	Environmental Impact of Societies	Spring	6
STAT252	Statistics for the Natural Sciences	Spring	6
Plus one of the following two subjects:
EESC205	Population Studies	Autumn	6
EESC210	Social Spaces: Rural and Urban	Spring	6
Plus one of the following two subjects:
BIOL251	Principles of Ecology	Autumn	6
EESC202	Soils, Landscape and Hydrology	Spring	6
Electives
INDS200	Identity, History and Resilience	Spring	8
Or one other elective subjects to total 48 credit points at Second Year.
Third Year
EESC307	Spaces, Places and Identities: Qualitative research design	Autumn	8
EESC304	Geographic Information Systems	Spring	8
EESC308	Environmental and Heritage Management	Spring	8
Plus THREE of the following:
EESC300	Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences	Autumn or Spring	8
EESC303	Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology	Autumn	8
EESC305	Remote Sensing of the Environment	Autumn	8
STS 300	The Environmental Context: Imagining a Zero Carbon Future	Autumn	8
EESC302	Coastal Environments: Process and Management	Spring	8
EESC310	Water Resources and Management	Spring	8
INDS300	Indigenous Peoples and Decolonisation: Global Perspectives	Spring	8
LAW 380	Law for Environmental Managers	Spring	8
Or other subjects approved by the Coordinator

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, telephone +61 2 4221 3684, email: gwaitt@uow.edu.au.