EV5404 - Field Studies in Tropical Geography

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Field Studies in Tropical Geography is an intensive mode subject that teaches and develops the field skills needed by students of geography and cognate disciplines. The subject is taught in intensive mode in remote areas chosen to take advantage of current staff research activities and interests. Accordingly, destinations change from time to time. Field Studies in Tropical Geography provides a regional perspective on the geography of northern Australia with emphasis on interaction between natural and cultural environments. It addresses: landuse, landuse change and resource management in northern Australia; geomorphology of northern Australia and adjoining land and sea; conservation and biogeography of northern Australia and adjoining land; environmental history in northern Australia and adjoining land and sea; and environmental aspects of indigenous cultures of northern Australia.

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Learning Outcomes

• develop an appreciation of the biological and landscape diversity of Cape York Penisula;
• develop an appreciation of the biogeographical role played by Cape York Peninsula as a link between Australian, New Guinea and the Pacific;
• develop an appreciation of the historical events and processes which contribute to the character of Cape York environments and ecosystems;
• develop appreciation of links between natural and cultural values of Cape York Peninsula.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

GE3403 EV3404

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 08-Jul-2010
Face to face teaching 05-Jul-2010 to 12-Jul-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Jonathan Luly.
Contact hours:	7 days fieldwork
Assessment:	presentations (40%); field exercises emphaising ability to read landscapes, generating hypotheses from the observation and measuramenet of environmental attributes (20%); field notebook and reflective jounral (40%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 08-Jul-2010
Face to face teaching 05-Jul-2010 to 12-Jul-2010
Coord/Lect:	Professor Jonathan Nott.
Contact hours:	7 days fieldwork
Assessment:	presentations (40%); field exercises emphaising ability to read landscapes, generating hypotheses from the observation and measuramenet of environmental attributes (20%); field notebook and reflective jounral (40%).

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.