2009 Course Handbook
GEOS863: Applied Geomorphology
We consulted with river managers, soil conservationists, environmental scientists and consulting engineers to find out what our graduates need for the workplace, and we designed this unit in response. Our students gain classroom, laboratory and field experience in three modules. There is a coastal morphodynamics module which informs on natural and human-induced changes to the coast and how to manage them. An urban stream module works through contemporary issues in stream, sediment and stormwater management. We use local fieldwork to help us understand the issues that control stormwater and urban floods, and what we can do to manage them. Finally, we work through practical aspects of environmental quality, which forms the backbone of much consulting activity. During a seven day field trip, students apply the skills they have learned to field sites in locations that have included Bathurst, Bega, Braidwood, Branxton, Broken Hill and Byron Bay. This unit helps prepare graduates for employment in environmental, consulting and local, state and federal government workplaces.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Associate Professor Damian Gore |
| Prerequisites: | Permission of Executive Dean of Faculty |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Science |