Geography ATAR
Geography ATAR
Course Code - ATGEO
Estimated Cost: $79.00
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Course Outline
These units focus on global environmental change and the planning of sustainable cities. Students will participate in fieldwork activities involving conducting surveys, fieldwork to the Swan and Canning Rivers and interviews with experts in their field, which are compulsory and assessable items.
Unit 3 – Global environmental change
Focuses on the changing biophysical environment on Earth, including local and world examples, and how human activities lead to a changing environment and climate change.
Unit 4 – Planning sustainable places
Investigates the current challenges that exist in designing urban places that are productive, vibrant and sustainable. This unit has two contexts: Perth and New York City.
The study of these units helps to develop students’ investigation, communication, and analytical skills in order to come to a balanced judgement and/or solution to complex issues that face the global human population.
Fieldwork, mapping and practical skills are important components of the course.
Skills Outline
The course aims to enable students to:
- interrelate the physical and human characteristics of place
- develop mapping and practical skills
- develop fieldwork skills necessary to gain an understanding of place, process and issues.
Minimum Entrance Requirements
Succesful completion of Year 11 ATAR Geography.
Further Study
Geography is good preparation for several university courses and TAFE courses in Mining, Travel and Tourism, Urban Planning and Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Primary Industry, Science & Technical courses.