302445 (v.2) Geology 108

Area:

Department of Applied Geology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.5

** 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:

3 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Days Yearly

Anti Requisite(s):

10102 (v.3) Geology 106 - Environmental Geoscience or any previous version
307505 (v.1) Geology 114 - Data Analysis or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

7031 (v.5) Geology 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Geological hazards presented by volcanoes and earthquakes - coastal processes. Soil erosion and desertification - salinity. Metal and nutrient pollution. Geochemistry and health. Environmental effects of mining and energy production. Mine rehabilitation. Climate change, the global atmosphere - ozone, the greenhouse effect, local air pollution and acid rain. Use of a personal computer, word processors and spreadsheets to report and analyse data. Fundamentals of databases and their utility. Graphical and spatial representation of geological data and associated problem solving techniques.

** 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:

010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

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
2007	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