GEOG215-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Environmental Hazards and Disasters

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course provides an understanding of environmental hazards and disasters, with a particular focus on flooding and coastal hazards and the related impacts on human communities. Examples will be drawn from New Zealand, which will include a consideration of Maori experiences of and responses to disasters, and from overseas.

Prerequisites

30 points of Geography or Geological Sciences at 100 level; or 30 points from Science, Arts, Commerce, or
Engineering.

Restrictions

GEOG305

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 Rata 222 & 223 Drawing Office
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Rata 222 & 223 Drawing Office
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 10:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 464 Computer Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
02 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 464 Computer Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
03 Friday 10:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 212 Computer Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
04 Friday 13:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 212 Computer Lab
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator

Sarah Beaven

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $998.00

International fee $5,188.00

* 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 .

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