This major is intended for those that would like to work as environmental scientists and/or pursue post graduate study in the area of the Environment. Because the field of environmental science is interdisciplinary, it is intended that this major be combined with a second major offered by Research School of Earth Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, or the Fenner School of Environment and Society. This major provides a broad overview of surficial geology, from the formation of sedimentary rocks, the composition of the oceans and their sediments and the contribution of organisms to the evolution of the Planet. It deals also with formation of regolith, groundwater and a variety of resource related issues. Emphasis is also placed on geochemistry and the cycling of elements throughout the crust.

Requirements

A major in Environmental Geoscience will consist of a minimum of 42 units of courses including:

(a) at least 12 units from the following courses:

• ENVS1004 Australia's Environment
• EMSC1006 The Blue Planet
• EMSC1007 Introduction to Earth Science in the Field

(b) at least 12 units from the following courses:

• CHEM2204 Environmental Chemistry
• EMSC2014 Surficial Processes
• EMSC2016 Resources and the Environment
• EMSC2017 Mineralogy

(c) at least 18 units from the following courses:

• EMSC3025 Groundwater
• EMSC3019 Coral Reef Field Studies
• EMSC3027 Global Cycles and Palaeoceanography
• EMSC3028 Coastal Environmental Earth Sciences

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