ANTA201-08S2 (C) Semester Two 2008

Antarctica and Global Change

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2008

Description

This course provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding how Antarctica will be affected by global change. It will take a Science System approach and investigate the linkages between the Antarctic atmosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere.

This course will provide a multidisciplinary approach to understanding Antarctic science. The course takes a Science System approach and investigates the linkages between the Antarctic atmosphere, climate, ice sheets, lithosphere and biosphere, and considers how Antarctica will respond to global change and what affect climate change might have on the ice sheet and global sea level.

Prerequisites

ANTA101, or
ANTA102 and ANTA103 or ANTA112 and ANTA113, and 36 points from the BSc schedule.

Course Coordinator

Bryan Storey

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Year Exam 40% Final year exam
Test 1 15%
Test 2 15%
essay and oral/poster presentation 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $867.00

International fee $3,904.00

* 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 Gateway Antarctica .

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