EV2401 - Australian Landscape Processes and Evolution
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Environmental Sciences |
The subject examines patterns and processes of the development of the Australian landscape and its soil mantle and human interactions with these elements of the natural environment.
Learning Outcomes
- to gain an understanding of the development of Australian landscapes at various spatial and temporal scales;
- to develop an understanding of geomorphic and soil forming processes;
- to develop skills in landform interpretation and analysis.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area.
| Prerequisites: | EA1100 or GE1400 or permission of HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | TG2001 and GE2401 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Scott Smithers |
| Lecturers: | Dr Jonathan Luly, Assoc. Professor Scott Smithers. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); tutorial attendance and participation (25%); essays (20%); fieldwork (5%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.