ANTA201-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015

Antarctica and Global Change

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2015
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2015

Description

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

Prerequisites

ANTA101, or
ANTA102 and ANTA103 or ANTA112 and ANTA113.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Internal Assesment 60% Combinatin of test and essay results
ANTA 201 Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Berkman, Paul Arthur; Science into policy : global lessons from Antarctica ; Academic Press, 2002.

Ernst, W. G; Earth systems : processes and issues ; Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Hansom, J. D. , Gordon, J. E; Antarctic environments and resources : a geographical perspective ; Addison Wesley Longman, 1998.

Skinner, Brian J. , Porter, Stephen C., Botkin, Daniel B; The blue planet : an introduction to earth system science ; 2nd ed; J. Wiley, 1999.

Waterhouse, E. J. , Antarctica New Zealand; Ross Sea region 2001 : a state of the environment report for the Ross Sea region of Antarctica ; New Zealand Antarctic Institute (Antarctica New Zealand), 2001.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $808.00

International fee $3,638.00

* 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 .

All ANTA201 Occurrences

  • ANTA201-15S2 (C) Semester Two 2015