Global Change Science Major
| Offered By | ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment and ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Academic Contact | Dr Michael Roderick and Professor Brendan Mackey |
| Areas of Interest | Earth and Marine Sciences and Resource Management and Environmental Science |
Requirements
A major in Global Change Science will require a minimum of 42 units of courses listed in (a), (b) and (c) and requiring:
(a) no more than 12 units of courses chosen from:
- EMSC1006 The Blue Planet
and one of:
- BIOL1009 Diversity of Life
- MATH1013 Mathematics and Applications 1 or MATH1115 Mathematics and Applications 1 Honours
- ENVS1003 Environment and Society Research Methods
- ENVS1004 Australia’s Environment
- STAT1003 Statistical Techniques
(b) no more than 12 units of courses chosen from:
- BIOL2121 Plants: Genes to Environment
- BIOL2122 Marine Biology
- EMSC2019 Marine Paleontology
- EMSC2015 Chemistry of the Earth and Oceans
- MATH2305 Differential Equations and Applications or MATH2405 Maths Methods 1 Honours: Ordinary Differential Equations and Advanced Vector Calculus
- ENVS2004 Weather, Climate & Fire
- ENVS2015 Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS
(c) at least 18 units of courses chosen from:
- BIOL3125 Plants and Global Climate Change
- BIOL3151 Conservation Biology
- EMSC3023 Global Cycles II: The Modern Oceans
- EMSC3026 Environmental Geoscience
- EMSC3027 Global Cycles and Paleooceanography
- EMSC3029 Ocean and Atmosphere Modelling
- MATH3133 Environmental Mathematics or MATH3134 Environmental Mathematics (Honours)
- ENVS3001 Climate Change Science & Policy Field School
- ENVS3008 Fire in the Environment
- ENVS3013 Climatology
- ENVS3020 Climate Change Science & Policy
- ENVS3026 Geomorphology: landscape evolution under changing climates
- ENVS3029 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
- One of BIOL3138 Special Topics in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics; EMSC3050 Special Topics; ENVS3010 Independent Research Project
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