IELTS: 6.0 (Writing and Speaking no less than 6.0)
TOEFL 72 (Speaking and Writing no less than 18)
Cambridge: B2
PTE: 50
Understand the effects of environmental factors on human health.
Qualify to practise as an environmental health officer and develop the knowledge required to promote community understanding of environmental health issues. The degree prepares you to integrate the many disciplines that make up environmental health, including public health, to improve the health of communities.
Why study Applied Geographical Information Systems at Flinders
Involves the use of computer technology and spatial information to study natural processes and the interaction of humans with their environment
Study a secondary area including biology, geography and environmental studies, archaeology, and criminology
Learn skills to support change and growth in areas like urban planning, mining and exploration, archaeology, transportation, and biodiversity management
Flinders leads Australia in spatial databasing and delivery systems
Meets the international standards of geospatial science
Course aims
The Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems 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
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The degree meets the growing need for specialists who know how to use these highly sophisticated systems. There is a strong demand for GIS skills across a range of areas including biodiversity and natural resources management, urban planning, mining and exploration, archaeology, transportation, and infrastructure management.
Potential occupations include:
GIS analyst
GIS data coordinator
spatial information officer
land resource information officer
GIS and knowledge management officer.
Potential employers include:
government
regional development centres
agriculture and horticultural centres
not-for-profit agencies
private companies that supply or collect spatial information.
OSHC - AUD $530 per year
