Program Overview

Program Overview

The program GEOS2921: Environmental and Resource Management (Adv) is designed for advanced students, providing the same core lecture materials as GEOS2121 but with a separate seminar and alternative written work.

Unit Details and Rules

• Managing Faculty or University School: Science
• Details:
  • Study level: Undergraduate
  • Academic unit: Geosciences Academic Operations
  • Credit points: 6
• Enrolment Rules:
  • Prerequisites: A mark of 75 or above in GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or ECOP1X01 or SIEN1000
  • Corequisites: None
  • Prohibitions: GEOS2121
  • Assumed knowledge: None

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Articulate different constructions of nature and key concepts in environmental thought, and how these are socially and culturally specific
• Demonstrate the social, political, economic constitution, and outcomes, of environmental processes, change, and management
• Identify the uneven distribution of environmental ‘goods’ and ‘bads’ and the reasons for this outcome
• Critically interrogate different environmental and resource management theories and practices and outline their assumptions
• Describe key environmental and resource management challenges and their causes, particularly climate change
• Demonstrate skills in analysing and interpreting primary research data using Geographic Information Systems
• Present analysis of an environmental or resource challenge in a report (rather than essay)
• Organise and communicate a coherent argument in written, oral and inter-personal forms
• Demonstrate a sense of responsibility, and think critically and independently as a future scientist and global citizen.

Unit Availability

The unit is available in various sessions, including:

• Semester 1 2025: Normal day, Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
• Semester 1 2026: Normal day, Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
• Previous years: Various sessions and locations, including remote options.