Geography

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  • University/Institute Name Victoria University of Wellington
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration1 year
  • Unspecified Unspecified

Position Details (Master's)

Geography focuses on the relationship between humans and their environment. This program is offered at the Victoria University of Wellington .

Key facts

  • Examine how human cultures shape the world around them, and investigate the differences and inequalities between and within different countries and nations. This Geography program is offered at the Victoria University of Wellington .
  • Study biophysical systems—the way that different Earth, oceanic and atmospheric processes behave—and learn how these natural processes interact with one another.
  • Find out about GIS and learn how to visualise geographic data using computer systems.
  • You'll get practical experience in labs and through fieldwork in New Zealand and overseas. You might look at conservation and development on the West Coast, or the geomorphology of the Central Plateau.
  • If you're interested in the world around you and want to know more about the way that humans relate to it, then Geography is right for you.
  • Out and about
  • You'll get the chance to work in the field. Study and research in urban and rural New Zealand, visiting remote locations like the Volcanic Plateau and southern glaciers. Work in sites and with communities in Africa, Antarctica and the Pacific.

Courses include:

  • Geographies of New Zealand
  • Georgraphy of Place, Power and Identity
  • Human Geography: Approaching Our World
  • Geographies of Wellbeing
  • Thesis

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

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