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Entry Requirements

Description
An undergraduate degree in a relevant area, including Geography, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Forestry, Agriculture, Engineering, Architecture, Management, Social Sciences, Business, or a related field.
A Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant field (approved by the Department of Geography).
A mature student (over 21 years old) that has been engaged in relevant practice for at least 5 years with Diplomas or Certificates (approved by the University and the Department of Geography).
Any other qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent to the above.

Courses

First Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GIS5102 Remote Sensing Fundamentals 3
WWW5101 Elective (3 or 4 Credits) 3 Choose ONE elective course from the list- GIS5103 or ENV5113 or URP5103.
GIS5101 Principles of Geographic Information Systems 3
Semester 2
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GIS5201 Geospatial Data Acquisition and Management 4
WWW5201 Elective (3 or 4 Credits) 3 Choose ONE elective course from the list- GIS5203 or GIS5204 or ENV5218 or ENV5220 or URP5204.
GIS5202 Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques 4
WWW5202 Elective (3 or 4 Credits) 3 Choose ONE elective course from the list- GIS5203 or GIS 5204 or ENV 5218 or ENV5220 or URP 5204.
Semester 3/Annual
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GIS5301 Research Methods in GIS and Remote Sensing 4
WWW5301 Elective (3 or 4 Credits) 3 Choose ONE elective course from the list- GIS5302 or GIS5303 or GIS5304 or GIS5305.

Second Year Semester 1
Course Code Course Name Course Credits Remarks
GIS6102 Problem-solving with GIS: Demonstrations and Applications 8