- 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.
Human Geography
This major is for students in the Bachelor of Social Science and assumes separate completion of human geography subjects that are part of the core requirements for that degree.
Human Geography is a social science that focuses on space, place and people. Human Geography examines the interaction of human societies with the biophysical environment. It analyses a diversity of cultural, economic, political and social processes across different geographical scales. The course explores 6 key themes:
- life in a globalising world;
- the material world;
- environmental knowledge and management;
- rural and regional places;
- urban worlds; and
- thinking spatially.
Geography is crucial to understanding a number of key contemporary concerns including: sustainability, climate change, population movements and social inequalities. Fieldwork is used to explore these themes through the use of case studies; it gives students the opportunity to consider issues of social justice and ethics, and develop transferable work skills. Job opportunities include various research officer positions within corporate, non-governmental agencies and municipal, State and Commonwealth Departments and agencies.
subjects required for major study
A major in Human Geography requires the successful completion of 48 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table and recommended progression below.
| Subject Code | subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 2 | |||
| Autumn | |||
| EESC103 * | Landscape Change and Climatology | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG221 | Population Geography: a global perspective on people and place | 6 | Autumn |
| Spring | |||
| At least TWO of the following THREE subjects | |||
| GEOG222 | Environmental Impact of Societies | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG224 | Rural and Regional Geography: social change and policy | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG231 | Spatial Technologies for the Social Sciences | 6 | Not offered in 2015. |
| Year 3 | |||
| Autumn | |||
| GEOG336 | Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG338 | Planning Urban Futures | 6 | Autumn |
| Spring | |||
| GEOG337 | Environmental and Heritage Management | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG353 | Qualitative GIS | 6 | Spring |
* At regional campuses, EESC103 may be substituted with AUST101 Australian Studies: Cultures and Identities.
Recommended Electives
| Subject Code | subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100-Level | |||
| EESC101 | Planet Earth | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG123 | Indigenous Geographies | 6 | Not offered in 2015 |
| SCIE103 | Climate Change | 6 | Spring |
| 200-Level | |||
| EESC203 | Biogeography and Environmental Change | 6 | Autumn |
| INDS201 | Redefining Eden: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment | 8 | Autumn |
| STS 218 | Environment in Crisis | 8 | Spring |
| HIST239 | Water in Australia: An Environmental History | 8 | Spring |
| 300-Level | |||
| GEOG339 | Geographies of Change: International Fieldwork Intensive | 6 | First Offered 2017 |
| INDS300 | Indigenous Peoples and Decolonisation: Global Perspectives | 8 | Spring |
| STS 300 | The Environmental Context: Imagining a Zero Carbon Future | 8 | Autumn |
Credit Arrangements
Credit and articulation arrangements are available from the Course Finder. Refer to UOW's credit arrangements for information on how to apply for credit.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: ssc@uow.edu.au