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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Science and Business - BSc&Bus3925 - Science and Business
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) - BAdvSci(Hons)3962 - Advanced Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Environmental Management - BEnvMgmt3965 - Environmental Management
Bachelor of Science - BSc3970 - Science
Bachelor of Science (Advanced) - BSc(Adv)3972 - Advanced Science
Bachelor of Science (International) - BSc(International)3987 - Science (International)

Specialisation Structure
78 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 78 UOC.

Level 1 Core Courses

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

GEOS1111
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Geology
GEOS1211
6 UOC
Earth and Environmental Science
MATH1041
6 UOC
Statistics for Life and Social Sciences

Level 2 Core Courses

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

BEES2041
6 UOC
Data Analysis for Life and Earth Sciences
GEOS2131
6 UOC
Field Methods and Mapping
GEOS2181
6 UOC
Earth Materials
GEOS2821
6 UOC
Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing

Level 3 Core Courses

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

GEOS3171
6 UOC
Earth Structures
GEOS3141
6 UOC
Mineral and Energy Resources

Level 2 Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 6 UOC of the following courses;

GEOS2071
6 UOC
Life Through Time
GEOS2291
6 UOC
Earth's Interconnections
GEOS2721
6 UOC
Australian Surface Environments and Landforms

Level 3 Prescribed Electives

Students must take at least 18 UOC of the following courses;

GEOS3071
6 UOC
Life on a Dynamic Earth
GEOS3281
6 UOC
Applied Geochemistry
GEOS3331
6 UOC
Petroleum Reservoir Geophysics
GEOS3721
6 UOC
Australian Soil Use and Management
GEOS3733
6 UOC
Environmental Geophysics
GEOS3761
6 UOC
Environmental Change
GEOS3811
6 UOC
Advanced Techniques in Remote Sensing
GEOS3821
6 UOC
Geographic Data Analysis

Recommended Electives

The following courses are not required for this major, but are recommended as good complementary courses when students are selecting electives.Level 1GEOS1701 Environ Systems. & Processes (6 UOC)CHEM1011 Chemistry A or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC) CHEM1021 Chemistry B or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Additional Information

Notes

  1. The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences maintain enrolment guides for many sub-disciplines of Earth Science: these are available from the BSB Office (G27 BioScience Building).

Honours

Students seeking to enrol into Honours in Earth Science should refer to program 4500 - Science (Honours) and the plan page for Geology (Honours) in this Handbook.

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