Course

Coastal Environmental Assessment and Monitoring - MSCI3201

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Course MSCI6200 has been recoded MSCI3201

The courses covers: general principles of surveying; optical and electronic methods of distance and elevation measuring; coastal position fixing; coordinate systems and their application to coastal mapping; map projections; long and short term monitoring of coastal changes; tides and their measurement.

Note: Field work of up to 4 days is a compulsory part of this course. Students will incur personal costs.


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