GEOS 3015/3915: Environmental Change

GEOS 3015 Environmental Change (6cp)
GEOS 3915 Environmental Change (Advanced) (6cp)
Dr Stephen Gale

Session: July
Assumed Knowledge: Intermediate geomorphology/ physical geography/ geology.
Prerequisites: 24 Credit Points of Intermediate Units of Study including 6 Credit Points of Intermediate Geography Units of Study.
Classes: field school, one 2-hour lecture, 1 practical /wk
Assessment: One 2hr exam, practical & field reports. Independent assessment is required for advanced Unit of Study.
Field Trip: The field trip will be held on the 14-15 August 2010

This is a project-based course that tackles the field and laboratory methods that allow us to reconstruct environmental change. It focusses on the environmental changes of the Quaternary and particularly on those changes experienced by the Australian environment since the time of human contact. The course stresses the application of particular techniques to solving field problems and to answering palaeoenvironmental questions.