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This course is aimed at those wanting to work in the fields of coastal/environmental science, resource and hazard management and coastal/environmental engineering, as well as at anyone with an interest in the coast. Students with a wide variety of backgrounds and diverse skills and perspectives are welcome in the course. GEOG311 explores the processes responsible for change in coastal environments and the development of coastal landforms in New Zealand, the Pacific and worldwide. Topics examined include waves, currents, sea levels, sediments, beaches, wetlands, tropical reefs and human interactions with the coast. Students will gain an understanding of conceptual and computational models of the coastal zone, along with practice in the field and laboratory techniques used in coastal zone investigation. As the course explores both the processes operating in different coastal environments and coastal management themes, there will be direct industry involvement with ECAN, CCC and NIWA. There will be a one-day fieldtrip on which you will have the opportunity to measure waves, currents and profiles, and to collect sediment and ecological data to analyse in labs. The wave, current, profile, sediment and ecological data examined together in labs will form the basis of the one in-term piece of assessment, a 40% report.
This course is aimed at those wanting to work in the fields of coastal/environmental science, resource and hazard management and coastal/environmental engineering, as well as at anyone with an interest in the coast. Students with a wide variety of backgrounds and diverse skills and perspectives are welcome in the course.GEOG311 explores the processes responsible for change in coastal environments and the development of coastal landforms in New Zealand, the Pacific and worldwide. Topics examined include waves, currents, sea levels, sediments, beaches, wetlands, tropical reefs and human interactions with the coast. Students will gain an understanding of conceptual and computational models of the coastal zone, along with practice in the field and laboratory techniques used in coastal zone investigation. As the course explores both the processes operating in different coastal environments and coastal management themes, there will be direct industry involvement with ECAN, CCC and NIWA. There will be a one day fieldtrip on Friday March 16th, on which you will have the opportunity to measure waves, currents and profiles with and collect sediment and ecological data to analyse in labs. The wave, current, profile, sediment and ecological data examined together in labs will form the basis of the 40% in-term assessment.
44 points of 200 level GEOG including GEOG201, orin special cases with approval of HOD.
Thursday lectures are held in alternate weeks and do not clash with any other 3rd year Geography course.Lab time slot will be used for three to four 2-hour labs during the year. The lab room may yet be changed. You will be advised at the first lecture where it will be and as soon as it is confirmed it will be updated here.
Deirdre Hart
Masselink, Gerhard. , Hughes, Michael G; An introduction to coastal processes and geomorphology ; Hodder Arnold, 2003.
Library portalPreliminary Course Outline for 2007 WebCT for all online course materials
Compulsory FieldtripFriday 16th March - details given in class
Domestic fee $513.00
International fee $2,182.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Earth and Environment on the departments and faculties page .