| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
060.321 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to understand the controls of climate change processes; develop a firm grasp of the nature of past and future climate changes; appreciate how climate impacts on the wider global environment; place the issue of future climate change into a societal context; acquire the skills necessary to examine evidence and give an interpretation of data for understanding the environmental processes and changes at the global scale; participate in group work on a research project and associated work. |
| Content |
This unit aims to provide the student with an understanding of the global climate debate by explaining the causal mechanisms, the range of climate states that the Earth has and can experience and their impacts on the physical and social-economic world. On completion of the unit, students have sufficient expertise to participate in the wider climate change debate and have a working knowledge of the issues that are relevant to future careers in environmental science, planning and management. |
| Assessment |
This comprises a research project proposal, a short literature review, a research project report, a PowerPoint presentation and a two-hour theory examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Lyn Abbott |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: completion of 48 points |
| Advisable prior study: EART2222 Earth Surface Processes and Soils or EART2221 Coastal Geomorphology and Sediments or EART2233 Earth History Methods |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; workshops: 3 hrs per week (flexible)
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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