The Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).
The course is offered by the College of Science and Engineering.
Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to appropriate resources and staff being available to supervise the program of study.
Admission requirements
The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.
Course aims
The Bachelor of Applied GIS is designed to prepare students for a variety of career paths related to the capture, synthesis, analysis and communication of spatially related information.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will be expected to be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of GIS, its historical development, capacity, advantages and disadvantages
- capture spatial information using a range of data capture techniques, validate and document this information and integrate it into a spatially related database
- analyse relationships between spatial and aspatial entities using GIS and a range of cartographic and statistical techniques, and communicate this information using a variety of digital and analogue techniques
- undertake modelling approaches for decision making and risk assessment
- demonstrate an understanding of remote sensing theory and its relationship with GIS
- design and implement a remote sensing or GIS project
- extract digital image information through a range of multispectral transformations, band ratios, and classification methodologies
- communicate results effectively in written and verbal form
- apply GIS knowledge and skills to the specific discipline area studied in the major
- appreciate the importance of ethical behaviour in scholarship and professional activity
Program of study
To qualify for the Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems a student must complete 108 units, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Students must complete the compulsory topics listed and the requirements for one Bachelor of Arts major (36 units). To complete the 108 units, other topics may be selected from any offered by the University provided entry and course requirements are met and that at least 27 units of First Year topics are included.
Core - Year 1 topics
18 units comprising:
COMP1102 Computer Programming 1 (4.5 units)
GEOG1003 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (4.5 units)
GEOG1004 GIS Field Camp (4.5 units)
plus one of
STAT1121 Data Science (4.5 units)
STAT1122 Biostatistics (4.5 units)
plus 9 units from the selected Bachelor of Arts major
plus 9 units of Elective topics
Core - Year 2 topics
22.5 units comprising:
ENVS3760 Environment Agency Placement (4.5 units)*
GEOG2701 Introduction to Remote Sensing (4.5 units)
GEOG2702 Image Analysis in Remote Sensing (4.5 units)
GEOG3701 Spatial Information Management (4.5 units)
STAT1132 Statistics 1 (4.5 units)
*Students must enrol in the NS2 availability of the Environment Agency Placement.
plus 13.5 units from the selected Bachelor of Arts major
Core - Year 3 topics
22.5 units comprising:
ENVS3702 Applied Practice in Environment (9 units)
GEOG3711 Advanced Digital Image Analysis (4.5 units)
GEOG3731 GIS Modelling (4.5 units)
GEOG3751 Advanced Spatial Statistics (4.5 units)
plus 13.5 units from the selected Bachelor of Arts major
Bachelor of Arts Major (36 units)
Students undertake a 36 unit Bachelor of Arts major selected from the following:
Honours
Refer to Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems (Honours)
Combined Degrees
The Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems may also be studied in a combined degree program with
