Senior Units of Study

The School of Geosciences offers a total of fourteen Units of Study at Senior level. The Units are designed to provide students opportunities to specialise in different areas according to interest and need. All Senior Units are worth six Credit Points and can be undertaken at a standard or advanced level.

Students intending to major in either Geography or Geology & Geophysics must enrol in a minimum of 24 Credit Points. Additionally, they must meet the requirements particular to each discipline.

Students interested in majoring in Geography must enrol in GEOS 3015/3915 and GEOS 3018/3918 OR enrol in at least 12 Credit Points of Units from the following: GEOS 3513/3913, GEOS 3014/3914, GEOS 3521/3921 and GEOS 3522/3922.

Students interested in a Geology & Geophysics major are required to take two compulsory units (GEOS3101/3801 and the field studies unit GEOS3008/3908, as well as two of GEOS3102, GEOS3103, GEOS3104). These units provide students with a foundation training that prepares them for further study in an Honours or postgraduate coursework program as well as enabling them to enter the main professional fields of the discipline, eg. Resource and Energy Exploration, Engineering Geology, and Environmental Geology.

The following table lists all available Senior Units of Study and indicates whether they can count towards a Geography major or a Geology & Geophysics major. In the table, the advanced Unit code follows the standard Unit code.