Courses Handbook 2010

5215 (v.4) Planet Earth 101


Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The course is divided into three segments: Earth, Oceans and Atmosphere. Earth: overview of scientific method; the Big Bang and nucleosynthesis of the elements in stars; formulation of planet Earth and Earth-Moon system; differentiation of crust, mantleand core; early and modern tectonic processes. Oceans: dimensions and shapes of the oceans; spatial variations in water properties; ocean circulation; water, salt and heat budgets; tides and waves; coastal processes; the evolution of the oceans; human impacts. Atmosphere: formation, structure and evolution of the atmosphere, meteorology, climate change, human impacts.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010303 Astronomy
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2010 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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