Overview
The UNSW Coastal Resource and Hazard Management (GEOS3922) course focuses on coastal resource and hazard assessment and builds skills in science, management, communication and policy-based solutions for coastal problems and issues. The course is designed for students aspiring to pursue a career as an environmental manager, environmental consultant or applied scientist. Case studies and topics on Australian coastal zone policy, conservation, impacts of soil and water acidification, global aquaculture issues and management, coastal dunes and wetlands management, coastal hazards such as sea level rise, erosion, beach safety, and coastal monitoring and community education, are used to understand how science informs management. The course considers Australian and global perspectives on current and emerging coastal resource and hazard management issues. The course includes lectures, lab classes and field excursions. Assignments build skills in writing ministerial advisories, management briefs, funding proposal writing, and production of professional standard coastal management plans, reports or management and science communication and educational tools.
Term offering: Term 3 (from 2025)
Course attendance: In person
Level: Undergraduate - Third year
Discipline: Geography
Course code: GEOS3922
Course Aims
The overall aim of the course is to build knowledge-based professional skills related to science and community-based coastal management in relation to coastal resources and hazards. The lectures focus on describing current and emerging coastal resource and hazard issues and how they are managed through science, research, policy, stakeholder engagement and informal and formal partnerships between government, industries and community groups. The assignments and field excursions will provide practical experience in coastal management methods that are aligned with employer expectations of new graduates
Conditions for enrolment
Prerequisite: Students must have completed a minimum of 48 UoC.
Enrolment in a Science Program or a Science Major within a Non-Science Program is highly recommended.
Career opportunities
This course provides a solid background of both basic and applied science skills while preparing you for careers in the following areas:
- coastal science
- marine science
- geomorphology
- coastal hazards
- coastal management
- coastal engineering.
Fieldwork
Please refer to the course contact for more details.
Find out more
For more information, please contact Professor Rob Brander.
P: +61 2 9385 2899