302445 (v.2) Geology 108

Area:	Department of Applied Geology
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.5
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:	2 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 AND 307505 (v.1) Geology 114 - Data Analysis 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)
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
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2009	Miri Sarawak 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