The Centre is independently funded and concentrates on hazards assessments and impacts in Australia and the South Pacific. The Climatic Impacts Centre is a cross-discipline Centre, involving both physical and human geographers. The Centre is co-directed by Professor Peter Curson, Professor Bob Fagan and Dr Richard de Dear and has a number of academic staff and postgraduate research students. The Geographical Information Systems Centre is a teaching and research centre directed by Dr Mike Poulsen. It aims to support a wide-ranging set of teaching and research objectives with links to the GIS industry.
Candidates choose a thesis topic after consultation with academic staff.
The decision to proceed with additional coursework is made on the basis of assisting a student in his or her research work. This work does not form part of the final assessment. It may be possible to include units from other Departments and, in special cases, from the Schedule of Undergraduate Units of Study. Such applicants will be carefully screened in terms of their ability to undertake and carry through a research project. The coursework will usually be tailored to the specific needs of individual students and may be selected from a range of postgraduate units in the University.