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: Sydney
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
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.