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Geography

Geography focuses on identifying and understanding the processes of natural and built environments and exploring their causes and consequences. Geographers collect, analyse and report this information to enable informed decision-making. In this major, you will learn skills across various fields, including drone mapping, coastal geomorphology, the changing planet and globalisation, development and indigenous peoples.

Major (8)

For a major in Geography, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
GEO100 Assessment Principles and Practice in Steiner Education
GEO101 Think Health
GEO201 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
ENP245 Environmental Health Risk Management
GEO301 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
GEO302 What Makes Australia? History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
GEO310 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
GEO350 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts

Minor (4)

For a minor in Geography, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
GEO100 The uses and abuses of history
GEO101 Explorations in Environmental History
ENP245 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
GEO301 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History

Extended Minor (6) 72 units

For an extended minor in Geography, students must successfully complete 6 courses:

Note: Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Science are eligible to undertake the Geography extended minor.

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
GEO100 Research Project in History
GEO101 What Makes Australia? History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
ENP245 The uses and abuses of history
GEO201 Explorations in Environmental History
GEO301 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History

PLUS select 1 course (12 units) from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
GEO302 The Changing Planet
GEO310 Space, place and the Anthropocene
GEO350 Hydrology and Geomorphology