Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems

(BAppGIS)

Program of study
Honours degree

INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).

The course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to appropriate resources and staff being available to supervise the program of study.

COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is designed to prepare students for careers involving the capture, synthesis, analysis and communication of spatially-referenced information. Career paths involving the application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are developing in a growing range of fields, for example urban and regional planning, infrastructure management, transportation, the environment, biological sciences, biodiversity management and archaeology.

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems will be able to:

• practice extensive skills in Geographical Information Systems;
• practice extensive skills in remote sensing, statistics and computing;
• demonstrate an in-depth understanding of spatial modelling for risk assessment and decision-making;
• demonstrate the synergy between GIS and their chosen major sequence, for example Biological Sciences, Geography, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Criminal Justice or Archaeology, in an applied area relevant to their intended career path.

Note: The industry placement and applied project topics will build links between GIS, statistics, information technology, spatial modelling and the applied major sequence, while developing applied skills.

Further opportunities to reinforce those links and skills, and to build up a portfolio demonstrating abilities to prospective employers, will be provided by the choice of assignments in other core topics in the second and third years of the degree.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems a student must complete 108 units, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Students must complete the compulsory topics listed and the requirements for one applied subject major sequence (33 units). To complete the 108 units, other topics may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met and that at least 27 units of First Year topics are included.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Applied Subject Major Sequences (33 units)

Any program of study listed as a major sequence under the course rule for the Bachelor of Arts, excepting Computer Studies.

HONOURS DEGREE

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study as specified.

GEOG7100	Bachelor of Applied GIS Honours Thesis	24
GEOG7019	Research Project Design, Conduct and Management	6
GEOG7018	Advanced GIS Modelling	6