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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

311370 (v.1) Spatial Sciences Project 494

Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Individual Study: 1 x 9 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): Admission into 172699 (v.4) Bachelor of Surveying or any previous version
OR
Admission into 150999 (v.5) Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science) or any previous version
OR
Admission into 303522 (v.4) Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Social Science or any previous version
Syllabus: The investigation may be in any appropriate area within the discipline spatial science, provided it has the recommendation of a supervisor who is a member of staff in the Department of Spatial Sciences and the approval of the Head of Department. Students are expected to give a seminar to the class towards the end of the semester. Research and practical experience in one or more of the spatial sciences areas including surveying, geographic information science, mapping and mine and engineering surveying. Surveying, GIScience, Cartography, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning, Remote Sensing, GPS, Cadastral and engineering surveying, Adjustment theory, Land planning, Hydrography, Spatial database design, Spatial data analysis and modelling, Map design and evaluation, and any other areas within the Department of Spatial Sciences.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 031100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 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