Program Overview
This program will take place primarily in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, Australia’s island state. Hobart is also an historic city that traces its roots back to the days when Australia was first settled as a British penal colony. Students will get a taste of this ujnique past by spending one night in cells at the old prison on Maria Island, located off the Tasmanian coast.
Excursions will be conducted to various places on both the west and east coasts of the island. The Geography course will focus on how water development and other projects have impacted on many aspects of island living; while the Fluid Mechanics course will help establish a proper understand of the value and environmental costs of these projects.
Students will also have opportunities to meet Australian people famous for their humor, optimism, and healthy outdoor lifestyle. Program participants will also meet non-human wildlife including many strange, wonderful animals and birds, including seeing much of the exotic and spectacular flora of the region.
Professor Schwartz, the Program Director, is currently on sabbatical leave in Australia; however, he may still be reached at Schwartz@me.udel.edu. He will return to Delaware mid-spring semester (03S) and hold two interest meetings (see web site Interest Meeetings for details). Also note that MEEG331 / CIEG305 is a required course taken in the junior year by Mechanical Engineering and Civil/Environmental Engineering majors. Sophomore engineers may be accepted on a space-available basis.
Courses
Students must enroll in all courses for credit and a grade; pass/fail and audit registration is not permitted.
Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for prior approval (before departure).
All students must enroll in 6 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.
The two courses are integrated and some common engineering and management issues will be addressed in both courses.
CIEG305 - Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)
Incompressible fluid mechanics: fluid statics, control volume analysis for mass, momentum and energy; differential analysis of viscous and inviscid flow; dimensional analysis. Classroom material will be applied to real world examples such as Tasmanian water projects, beaches and ship design. For MEEG students, the above CIEG 305 course may be combined with CIEG 306 (1 cr. taken in spring semester 2004) to substitute for the required MEEG 331 Fluid Mechanics I course.
GEOG367 - People and Environments: Natural Area Management Issues in Tasmania (3 cr.)
Course focuses on issues involved in the management of natural areas in Tasmania with emphasis placed on the conservation of both natural and cultural values, as well as the use of natural areas for production of water, power, timber and tourism. Major themes include concepts of protected areas; nature and human values; social, institutional and legal context of Australian protected areas; protected area planning; and key management issues, with case studies exploring the use of natural areas for hydro-development, water production and nature-based tourism, including their biophysical, social, economic and cultural aspects. The course includes a fieldwork component. It will be taught by Professor Les Wood, Head of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania and Dr. Michael Lockwood, Senior Lecturer in the School.
Satisfies the following requirements:
Multicultural
Majors in the College of Engineering will receive Social Science credit for this.
UD students pay all program fee deposits by direct bank transfer via this website: http://www.udel.edu/studyabroadpayments. Non-UD students should send a check, payable to the University of Delaware, to CFIS, Elliott Hall, 26 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Credit card payments are not accepted.
