Unit

School Of Science And Health

Introduction to Earth ScienceWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300822.1

Discipline: GEOLOGY

Student Contribution Band: 2

Level: 1

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
300232 - Introduction to Earth Science

About this Unit
The unit covers the nature of the Earth's surface and its physical properties; properties and behaviour of the crust and interior of the Earth; mineral products, especially energy, water and mineral products; maps and geological structures; minerals, rocks and fossils. This Unit will give you a broad appreciation of the Earth, and the Earths' changing and dynamic properties and evidence spanning a geological time scale of billions of years. We will examine the way the Earth works, and our place in the system.