Earth Science - GEOLS13529
Stream Summary
Faculty: SCI - Faculty of Science
School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Contact: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
Program: 3529 - Commerce/Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (Major)
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Stream Outline
Earth Scientists study the nature and evolution of the structure of our planet, covering everything from natural crystals and fossils to the powerful forces that drive earthquakes and volcanoes and move continents across the globe. Almost everything we do involves the Earth in some way. Tuition covers environmental geology, geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology and groundwater contamination, mineral and petroleum exploration and resources, palaeontology, remote sensing and much more. Field work in different regions of New South Wales is an essential part of geology courses.
Stream Structure
A major in Earth Science is comprised of 78 units of credit of the following courses:
Stage 1
Recommended electives (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):
- CHEM1011 Chemistry A or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A (6 UOC)
- CHEM1021 Chemistry B or CHEM1041 Higher Chemistry B (6 UOC)
Stage 2
- BEES2041 Data Analysis: Life & Earth Sc (6 UOC)
- GEOS2171 Earth Structures (6 UOC)
- GEOS2181 Earth Materials (6 UOC)
- GEOS2811 Remote Sensing Applications (6 UOC)
PLUS 6 UOC from:
- GEOS2071 Life through Time (6 UOC)
- GEOS2291 Ground and Surface Water (6 UOC)
- GEOS2721 Aust. Surface Enviro & Land (6 UOC)
Stage 3
- GEOS3181 (new course in development)
PLUS 12 UOC from:
- GEOS3281 Envi & Contaminant Geochem (6 UOC)
- GEOS3811 Adv. Techniques in Remote Sens (6 UOC)
- GEOS3821 Geographic Data Analysis (6 UOC)
- GEOS3911 E.I.A. (6 UOC)
- GEOS6733 Environmental Geophysics (6 UOC)
- GEOS6734 3D Geological Modelling (6 UOC)
- MINE3### Energy Resource Geology (new course in development)
Recommended elective (this course is not required but is recommended as a good complementary course for this major):
- BEES3041 Statistics in Life and Environmental Sciences (new course under development).
Notes
- 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.
