Geography Minor
Geography Minor - Overview
Offered By: |
ANU Joint Colleges of Science |
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Areas of Interest: |
Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability, and Resource Management and Environmental Science |
Description:
Geography is a dynamic discipline that is increasingly being recognised as an integral part of developing holistic approaches to contemporary society and environment problems. The advent of products such as Google Earth and the rapid uptake of spatial technology in many facets of day-to-day life have also put geography on the public agenda. In essence, geographers study Earth's diversity, its resources, and humankind's survival on the planet. This involves analysing the associations of things and events that give special character to particular places; the interconnections between different areas; and the working of complex systems through time. Geography is the only academic discipline in which an integrative perspective focusing on spatial relationships and processes is a fundamental concern. Geography takes an integrative approach to environmental problems and their solution, including the study of economic, cultural and social goals and processes that determine strategies of resource use and ecosystem management.
Students undertaking the minor in Geography have the opportunity to explore some of the theoretical and practical perspectives geography offers. The minor in Geography will equip students with a good grounding in aspects of the discipline and will complement a wide range of majors offered across different colleges at the ANU. The minor also allows students taking the major in Geography to tailor a program that will further develop their particular interests in the discipline.
Learning Goals:
The Geography minor provides the opportunity to develop the experience and skills to:
- Evaluate current geographic approaches to investigating a range of environment and sustainability issues and management strategies in international and Australian contexts.
- Integrate knowledge relevant to geographical science and policy across disciplines
- Apply a range of written, oral and visual communication skills to effectively convey and discuss information about geographical science and policy in multidisciplinary contexts.
- Engage with current environment and sustainability policy debates, recognising the socio-political and cultural contexts in which they occur, and
- Develop a specialisation within the discipline of Geography
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
6 units of courses chosen from the following list:
EMSC1006 The Blue Planet: an Introduction to Earth System Science
ENVS1001 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability
ENVS1003 Environment and Society Research Methods
ENVS1004 Australia's Environment
ENVS1008 Sustainable Development
PASI2001 Learning Oceania
A maximum of 6 units chosen from the following 2000 level courses:
ENVS2004 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS2007 Economics for the Environment
ENVS2009 Quantitative Environmental Research Methods
ENVS2010 Australia's Forests
ENVS2011 Human Ecology
ENVS2012 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS2013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS2014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS2015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS2017 Vietnam Field School
ENVS2020 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS2021 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS2022 Sustainable Systems: Rural
PASI2003 Environment, Conflict and Development in the Western Pacific
POPS2001 Population and Development
POPS2002 Population Analysis
A minimum of 12 units chosen from the following 3000 level courses:
ENVS3001 Climate Change Science and Policy Field School
ENVS3002 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
ENVS3004 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS3005 Water Resource Management
ENVS3007 Participatory Resource Management
ENVS3008 Fire in the Environment
ENVS3013 Climatology
ENVS3020 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS3021 Human Futures
ENVS3026 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution and Changing Climate
ENVS3028 Environmental Policy
ENVS3029 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS3033 International Environmental Policy
ENVS3040 Solving Complex Environmental Problems
A minimum of 6 units from the lists above must come from one of the following research methods courses:
ENVS1003 Environment and Society Research Methods
ENVS2009 Quantitative Environmental Research Methods
ENVS2014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS2015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS3040 Solving Complex Environmental Problems
Advice to Students:
Science students undertaking this minor in a combined degree will be restricted to courses offered or approved by Science.
Students should seek further course advice from the academic convener of this Geography minor.
The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.
