Students in Geography Part 2 should consult the departmental notice- boarд for the manner of paying excursion charges.
One of the following courses to be taken each term. The choice of course is subject to approval of the head of the department and students should consult him before making their choice.
EXAMINATION Two 3-hour papers.
First Term
TERRAIN ANALYSIS. A course of two lectures and three hours' practical work per week throughout the term; four days' field work.
SYLLABUS
Methods of classifying and mapping Iandforms, soils and vegetation. Land 166
systems. Land research methods used in Australia and elsewhere. Land evaluation.
Books
Reading lists will be given in class.
Second Term
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY. A course of two lectures and one 1-hour tutorial or one 3-hour practical class per week throughout the term; one essay (2,500 words).
SYLLABUS
The nature and problems of historical geography. A series of case studies of particular countries and regions exhibiting the changing interaction of geographical and historical circumstances on the distribution and organiz- ation of settlement, agriculture and industry.
Books
Reading lists will be given in class.
OR
QUANTITATIVE METHODS. A course of two lectures and one three-hour practical class per week throughout the term.
SYLLABUS
A survey of the changing place of mathematical methods in Geography.
The lecture course will contain a substantial historical section, but the practical exercises will deal with methods used in recent geographical publications.
Bilks
Reading lists will be given in class.
Third Term
LOCATION THEORY. A course of three lectures and either one 1-hour tutorial or one 3-hour practical per week throughout the term; one essay
(2,500 words).
SYLLABUS
Physical and other factors influencing the distribution of economic activi- ties. The common patterns of associations of economic activities. Location theory, particularly relating to primary and secondary industry. Space relations and their quantitative analysis. Regional complexes of activi- ties and inter-regional linkages.
Books
Lloyd P E & Dicken P Location in Space: a theoretical approach to economic geography, Harper & Row, New York 1972
OR
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the term.
SYLLABUS
The scope and methods of political geography. Frontiers and boundaries, 167
including maritime boundaries and the international division of the continental shelf. Electoral geography. Geography and national policies.
BOOKS
Prescott J R V Political Geography, Methuen 1972 121-301 GEOGRAPHY PART 3 (PASS)
Students in Geography part 3 should consult the departmental notice- board for the manner of paying excursion charges.
EXAMINATION Two 3-hour papers.
One of the following courses to be taken each term.
First Term
COASTAL AND FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY. A course of three lec- tures and three hours' practical work per week throughout the term; the practical work may be in the form of field trips. Four days additional field work will be required.
SYLLABUS
Coastal processes and the evolution of coastal landforms. Fluvial pro- cesses and the evolution of landforms produced by running water.
BOOKS
Bird E C F Coasts, ANU Press
Leopold L B Wolman W G & Miller J P Fluvial Processes in Geomor- phology, Freeman
OR
POPULATION GEOGRAPHY. A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the term; a seminar paper will be prepared by each student.
SYLLABUS
World and macroregional population distribution and growth; population structure; spatial variations in population elements; migration; population and resources.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be given in class.
Second Term
URBAN GEOGRAPHY. A course of three lectures and three hours' practical work per week throughout the term. Four days' field work.
SYLLABUS
The process of urbanisation and the economic role of the city. Distri- bution patterns of urban places. The internal structure of cities and theories of the location of economic activities within cities. Metropolitan expansion and attendant problems, economic and social, in developed and developing countries.
BOOKS
Recommended for preliminary reading:
Johnson J H Urban Geography — an introductory analysis, Pergamon 168
Rose A J Patterns of Cities, Nelson
Rugg D S Spatial Foundations of Urbanism, Wm C Brown Company Publishers
Additional reading lists will be given in class.
Third Term
APPLIED GEOGRAPHY. A course of three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the term; one essay (2,500 words).
SYLLABUS
The application of a geographical training to the solution of practical problems, notably In the fields of resource evaluation, land use planning, environmental management and conservation. Emphasis will be given to case histories of such problem-solving by geographers, both indi- vidually and as members of multidisciplinary teams.
BOOKS
Reading lists will be given in class.
HONOURS DEGREE
P. SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY
(For possible combinations with this school see Ch. 6.)
1. The course for the degree with honours In the school of Geography comprises the following subjects:
(i) Geography 1, 2, 3 and 4. It is strongly recommended that students who intend to enter the honours school should take in their first year optional additional work in Geography 1, viz. one lecture per week for two terms together with written work (two essays). There will also be additional written work for honours students in Geography 2 and 3.
(ii) Geography 2A Ions and Geography 36 Ions.
(iii) Five other approved subjects selected from the subjects of the degree of bachelor of Arts, ordinary degree (preferably in History, Economics, Government, Mathematics. Statistics or Geology part
i)
and comprising either one major with a sequence or two additional subjects, or two sequences and one additional subject.
2. The order in which the above subjects are taken must be approved by the head of the department of Geography. Admission to the honours school must be approved by the faculty through the sub-dean. No subject other than Geography 4 may be taken In the fourth year.
Students in Geography part 1 (hoes), part 2 (huns), and part 3 (hoes), should consult the departmental notice-board for the manner of paying excursion charges.
GEOGRAPHY IN COMBINED COURSES
The subjects required by the Geography department as part of combined honours courses are as follows:
First Year: Prescribed Geography part 1
It Is strongly recommended that intending honours students take the optional additional work In Geo- graphy 1 and where possible at least one subject from the following— History, Economics, Government, Mathematics or Geology.
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Second Year: Geography 2 honours Geography 2A honours Third Year: Geography 3 honours
Geography 36 honours
Fourth Year: Selected sections of Geography 4
A thesis of not more than 9.000 words approved by the head of each department in which the student is taking his combined course.