Extended field trips
Our intensive field courses within Australia offer you the chance to apply what you have learned in other courses in an intensive and enriching environment.
Trips are residential and generally take place in Central, Northern and tropical Queensland over two weeks in the July mid-semester break.
You'll come away with an appreciation of the issues surrounding the management and sustainable development of various natural and rural systems in the tropical marine, coastal and semi-arid environments that you visit.
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ENVM3105: Natural Systems & Wildlife field excursion
Description
This course is a required component of the Bachelor of Environmental Management. You'll examine a range of issues relating to the management of natural and rural systems in tropical and semi-arid environments, including:
- protected area management
- mining
- endangered species management
- visitor management
- cultural heritage management
- management of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area.
Details
Course code: ENVM3105 Field Excursion (Natural Systems & Wildlife)
Units: 4
Open to: undergraduates (BEnvMan - NSW students only)
Location: central, northern and tropical Queensland
Duration: 14 days in the mid-year break (July) each year
Cost: extra fees are payable.
Course cap: a quota applies due to transport constraints.
Contact: email our team
ENVM3106: Sustainable Development field excursion
Description
This residential study tour is a required component of the Bachelor of Environmental Management program. You'll explore the themes of:
- sustainable development in sensitive environments
- the role of biodiversity offsets
- indigenous Australians and sustainable development, with a focus on the Wild Rivers debate and coastal development.
You'll be encouraged to make connections across and between themes at a local and global scale, and have the chance to apply fundamental concepts within this field of study in an intensive and enriching environment.
Details
Course code: ENVM3106 Field Excursion (Sustainable Development)
Units: 4
Open to: undergraduates (BEnvMan - SD students only)
Location: Far North Queensland
Duration: 14 days in the mid-year break (July) each year
Cost: extra fees are payable.
Course cap: a quota applies due to transport constraints.
Contact: email our team
ENVM3529/ENVM7529: Northern & Tropical Queensland tour
Description
This natural resource management tour will provide you with an appreciation of different management contexts, including social, cultural, legal, economic, political and ecological perspectives within which management is conducted.
Details
Course code: ENVM3529 / ENVM7529 Northern & Tropical Queensland Tour
Units: 2
Open to: undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students
Location: Central, Northern and tropical Queensland
Duration: 14 days in the mid-year break (July) each year
Cost: extra fees are payable.
Course cap: a quota applies due to transport constraints.
How to apply: fill in our online expression of interest form.
Contact: email our team
ERTH3050: Mapping in the Outback
Description
This elective course (ERTH3050) is entirely field based.
Through a number of exercises, you'll learn how to “read rocks” and produce a professional geological map that appropriately delivers geological information. Field exercises involve mapping folded and faulted low-grade meta-sedimentary sequence in the area of Lake Moondarra, mapping igneous, metamorphic and deformational features at the margin of a granitic batholith (Sybella Granite), and mapping overprinting relationships of structural fabrics in high-grade metamorphic rocks (Mica Creek).
Note: you must have a solid background in the core geology subjects (mineralogy, sedimentology, structural geology and igneous and metamorphic petrology).
Details
Course code: ERTH3050 Mapping in the outback
Units: 2
Open to: 3rd-year geological sciences undergraduates
Location: Mount Isa, Queensland
Duration: 14 days in July (excluding travel time to and from Mount Isa)
Coordinator: Associate Professor Gideon Rosenbaum
Cost: TBA
Course cap: 35 students
How to apply: you'll need to complete an online expression of interest (EOI) form, so we can determine if you have an appropriate background. The course coordinator will assess your eligibility and advise you if you can enrol in this course or not.
Contact: email our team for more information and to request an EOI form
ERTH3212: Geology of Coral Reefs trip to Heron Island
Description
This trip forms part of the elective course ERTH3212 Geology of Coral Reefs, and supports lectures and lab work.
The trip will provide you with an introduction to geological research procedures and techniques, particularly if you're an earth scientist with an interest in modern or ancient reefs and limestone. It will also provide fundamental context if you're a biologist or environmental scientist wishing to pursue a career in coral reefs.
Details
Course code: ERTH3212 Geology of Coral Reefs
Units: 2
Open to: 3rd-year domestic and international study-abroad undergraduates
Location: Heron Island, Queensland
Duration: 7 days in the semester 2 mid-semester break
Coordinator: Professor Greggory Webb
Cost: $850 (approx)
Course cap: 24 students
How to apply: you'll need to complete an expression of interest (EOI) form, so we can determine if you have an appropriate background in either Palaeontology (ERTH2002), Sedimentology (ERTH2003), invertebrate biology, or similar. The course coordinator will assess your eligibility and advise you if you can enrol in this course or not.
Contact: email our team
ERTH2050: Field Geology
Description
This trip forms part of ERTH2050 Field Geology, and supports lectures and lab work.
The trip will provide you with an introduction to geological mapping, map interpretation and field techniques. Field recognition and analysis of structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological features. Regional synthesis of field data.
Details
Course code: ERTH2050 Field Geology
Units: 2
Open to: 2nd-year domestic and international study-abroad undergraduates
Location: Rockhampton, Queensland
Duration: 9 day fieldtrip in the June/July inter-semester break
Coordinator: A/Prof Massimo Gasparon
Cost: TBC
Course cap: N/A
How to apply: N/A
Contact: email our team