Level 1 Geography course introducing the nature of human geography, physical geography and environmental geography.

Lectures - 11.00 am Tuesday to Thursday; approximately fortnightly laboratories; approximately fortnightly tutorials.

GEOG1007 Geography 1 Half Course

A 90 minute exam at the end of each semester (30% each). Continuous assessment (40%) (includes 2 class essays and assessed labs including presentations)

To introduce students through lectures, tutorials and essay work to the nature of:
human geography: issues of development and underdevelopment; identity, connections and social relations;
physical geography: aspects of climatology, geomorphology, hydrology and biogeography, as interacting environmental elements in the past and present;
human and physical inter-relations: climate change, biodiversity, resources and sustainability;
key skills in geographical analysis through basic data collection, interpretation and presentation.

Subject specific learning outcomes
At the completion of the course students should be able to:
· explain the inter-relation of processes in physical and human geography that produce our changing world;
· describe key concepts (scale, connection, resources, systems and environment) and explain their importance in developing a geographical awareness;
· effectively employ new skills in geographical data collection and interpretation, and cartographic representation.


Transferable skill learning outcomes:
At the completion of the course students should have developed the following skills:
· oral presentation and teamwork skills;
· the ability to construct a written critical argument based on library-based research and conforming to academic conventions in terms of citations and referencing;
· numeracy, and the ability to handle quantitative data;
· the ability to work to deadlines.

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