| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | General Science: Landscape Evolution |
| Unit ID: | SCGEO2111 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (SCENV1001 or SCGEO1103) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 010703 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This course addresses concepts related to the fields of geomorphology, environmental, and engineering geology. Disciplines that focus on the physical environment and the processes that have created them and are also altering them, particularly the human component. Topics include weathering and erosion, fluvial hazards, slope stability, shoreline evolution, eolian systems, tectonics and landscapes, and planetary geomorphology. Students will also have the opportunity to conduct risk assessments and propose mitigation strategies. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Describe and classify physical landforms, and link them to the processes that create them. |
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| K2. | Review the role of geology and geological time in landscape evolution. |
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| K3. | Discuss exogenic and endogenic geologic hazards. |
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| K4. | Evaluate the strength and stability of soil and rock, and identify areas susceptible to failure. |
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| K5. | Outline fundamental concepts relating to the interaction of humans with the geological environment. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Identify characteristic landscape components and geology from topographic maps, aerial photographs, and other remote sensing images. |
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| S2. | Quantitatively analyse landforms and geomorphic processes. |
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| S3. | Conduct hazard risk assessments. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Formulate hypotheses and mitigation techniques for observations/data collected in the lab and field. |
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| A2. | Demonstrate research and communication skills. |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics may include: 1. Major morphological features of Earth`s Continents and Ocean Basins. 2. Weathering and soil formation. 3. Geological Systems and associated landforms (slope, river, groundwater, glacier, shoreline, aeolian, and tectonic systems). 4. Agents of landscape change (factors of uplift and denudation, such as, climate change, geology, humans, etc.). 5. Risk and mitigation of exogenic hazards (fluvial, coastal, mass movement, and glacial). 6. Risk and mitigation of endogenic hazards (seismic and volcanic). 7. Remote sensing. 8. Planetary geomorphology. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Practical application of key concepts. | Practical reports. | 20 - 40% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, A1 | Field Excursion(s) to examine landscapes and landscape components. | Attendance and excursion report | 5 - 10% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Research into selected elements of the course content. Communicate results of research in a professional manner. | Assignment(s). | 10 - 30% | | 4. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, A1 | Review of lecture, practical and reading content. | Final examination/test. | 40 - 60% |
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