Overview
Viewed from space, the Earthis a blue planet with over 70% of its surface covered by water. Because of this, the oceans exert a major influence on the Earth's climate and shipping operations. The three-year major program covers key principles of oceanography and the related issues of meteorology and climate. … For more content click the Read More button below.
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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
Honours
Students with a special interest and aptitude in Oceanography are encouraged to apply for an Honours program. Combined Honours programs extending across two disciplines are also possible, with proposals considered on a case-by-case basis. The standard for entry to all programs is typically a credit average or better. All programs incorporate both coursework and a research project. In Combined Honours the research project is on a topic which incorporates both Oceanography and another discipline, and is jointly supervised and examined.
Students with a special interest and aptitude in Oceanography are encouraged to apply for an Honours program. Combined Honours programs extending across two disciplines are also possible, with proposals considered on a case-by-case basis. The standard for entry to all programs is typically a credit average or better. All programs incorporate both coursework and a research project. In Combined Honours the research project is on a topic which incorporates both Oceanography and another discipline, and is jointly supervised and examined.
Pre-2019 Handbook Editions
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