School of Geosciences

School of Geosciences of Sydney Australia

http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/

Welcome to the School of Geosciences, a dynamic and varied group of disciplines made up of Geology, Geography and Geophysics.

Our research and teaching on environment, sustainability, cities, coastal studies, climate change and similar themes means we are addressing national priorities and issues of importance to people in Sydney, throughout Australia and around the world. As a student in the School of Geosciences you will learn how to analyse problems, work out solutions, and communicate these clearly to others. Your studies will reward you with valuable skills to launch a professional career often involving international travel, out-of-doors work in exotic locations, and the ability to contribute to better environmental futures.

Our students come from many different countries. The School takes great pride in the fact that it is a pleasant and friendly place to learn. We offer relevant undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs, plus higher degree research studies, with lecturing staff and supervisors recognised both nationally and internationally as being leaders in their areas of expertise.

Once enrolled at the University of Sydney, undergraduate students can focus on subject majors in our discipline areas within various degree programs across the University, including Science, Arts, Liberal Studies, Land and Water Science, Economics and Social Sciences. The School also provides primary parts of the interdisciplinary programs at the University in Marine Science and Environmental Studies.

The Three GEOs... the disciplines in geoscience form a broad spectrum of knowledge about the Earth:

• Geography is the study of Earth as the home of people. It addresses human - environmental relations, the resulting spatial organisation of human activity, as well as interactions with the physical environment, its resources and their geological determinants.
• Geology & Geophysics investigates these determinants, from the Earth’s origins and earliest evolution, through its four and a half billion-year history, to the dynamics of how it is currently evolving.
• Marine Science is co-taught with the School of Biological Sciences and investigates the largest domain on the planet-the oceans, seabed and surrounding coast, including their physical, biological and dynamic attributes.
• Environmental Studies spans disciplines covered by several Schools at the University of Sydney, and addresses how various sciences and the environment are related, and how science can be employed to effectively manage and solve our wide range of environmental issues. Study in these disciplines can be combined with many other branches of science, engineering, economics, social sciences and humanities.

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