Course list for the Computational Science and Geographical Sciences Dual Major

Information valid for students commencing 2018

Computational Science and Geographical Sciences (Dual Major)

(This major is available at St Lucia only)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major:

Course Code Units Course Title
GEOM1000 2 Geographical Information and Data Analysis
GEOS1100 2 Environment & Society

Dual Major requirements (22 units)

Computational Science component (8 units)

4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
COSC2500 2 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
SCIE2100 2 Introduction to Bioinformatics

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3014 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COSC3000 2 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis
COSC3500 2 High-Performance Computing
MATH3104 2 Mathematical Biology
PHYS3071 2 Computational Physics
STAT3004 2 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes

Geographical Sciences component (14 units)

2 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
GEOS3102 2 Global Change: Problems and Prospects

and 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ENVM2200 2 Resource Management & Environmental Planning
GEOG2205 2 Global Population Issues
GEOM2000 2 Introduction to Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
GEOM2001 2 Geographical Information Systems
GEOS2100 2 Environmental Systems
GEOS2101 2 Climatology & Hydrology
GEOS2103 2 Biogeography & Geomorphology
GEOS2105 2 Geography of Australia
GEOS2110 2 Tectonics and Geomorphology of Active Plate Boundaries
MARS2014 2 Marine Science

and 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
CONS3017 2 Landscape Ecology
ENVM3115 2 Climate Change and Environmental Management
ENVM3200 2 Coastal Processes & Management
ENVM3201 2 Catchment Processes & Management
ENVM3203 2 Tools for Environmental Assessment and Analysis
GEOG3205 2 Applied Demography
GEOM3001 2 Advanced Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
GEOM3002 2 Advanced Geographical Information Systems
GEOM3005 2 Geospatial Processing and Web Mapping
GEOS3004 2 International Field Studies: Natural & Built Environments of a Selected Region
GEOS3103 2 Progress in Geography
GEOS3106 2 Environmental Hazards
GEOS3107 2 Plants, People and the Environment
GEOS3108 2 Meteorology
GEOS3400 2 Research Topic
MARS3012 2 Physical-biological Oceanography
SCIE3210 2 Research Topic in Geographical Science