ERTH20003 Past Climates: Icehouse to Greenhouse (University of Melbourne): rated 4.1/5 overall across 14 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ERTH20003 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Earth Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 古气候：冰室到温室
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Earth Sciences
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This subject explores the Earth’s past and present climates, from billion year to hundred year time scales. The subject also deals with the wide range of causes of past climates and of climate change.
ERTH20003 has 14 scored reviews: overall 4.1/5 · usefulness 4.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 7 StudentVIP reviews (average 4.3 stars); 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.9/5).
On Reddit: "I did it last semester, it’s not too hard and the workload is ok. It’s about geology and past climates — geology(mainly) in the first few weeks and then switches to past climates(mainly). Assignments are two essays which are easy to get high marks if you do the research carefull…"
On Reddit: "It was a great subject! I did it last semester, the workload isn't over the top and the subject content is very interesting."
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Q: Is ERTH20003 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 14 reviews: usefulness 4.3/5, overall 4.1/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ERTH20003, and when is it offered?
A: ERTH20003 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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