Courses - Faculty of Science


Environmental Change

Stage I

ENVCHG 100
15 Points

Global Climate Change

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Climate science and the causes of climate change are considered, as well as the historical record of climate change and its environmental, biological and anthropological impacts. The transdisciplinary challenges of social responses are explored, along with the perspectives of indigenous peoples.

Stage III

ENVCHG 300
15 Points

Environmental Change

An exploration of the nature and causes of change in the physical environment, including: natural processes driving environmental change and variability; humans as agents of change; and biophysical and societal sensitivity to change. Past, present and future interactions between society and environmental change with examples drawn from climatology and ecology. Principles of scientific writing and communication will also be addressed.

Prerequisite: Programme Coordinator approval

Restriction: GEOG 334

Postgraduate 700 Level Courses

ENVCHG 789
60 Points

ENVCHG 789A
30 Points

ENVCHG 789B
30 Points

BAdvSci(Hons) Dissertation in Environmental Change - Level 9

Prerequisite: Programme Coordinator approval

To complete this course students must enrol in ENVCHG 789 A and B, or ENVCHG 789

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