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0.5 year full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Computing, Health and Science - School:
Natural Sciences - Code:
F78
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Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management
Area of Specialisation In Sustainable Development
This specialisation provides an opportunity for students to focus on the tools and understanding required for sustainable development. This includes background units in waste, environmental impact assessment, environmental economics, risk assessment, to finally engaging with the community in catchments and ecosystem management in forests.
Area of Specialisation structure
This unitset structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.
The Sustainable Development area of specialisation requires students to complete 60 credit points (three units) and provides an opportunity for students to focus on the tools and understanding required for sustainable development. This includes background units in waste, environmental impact assessment, environmental economics, risk assessment to finally engaging with the community in catchments and ecosystem management in forests.
Compulsory units.
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5110 | Management of Waste | 20 | |
| SCI5119 | Environmental Economics | 20 | |
| Prescribed Elective Unit | |||
Prescribed Electives
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5108 | Water Demand Management | 20 | |
| SCI5123 | Coastal and Marine Systems | 20 | |
| SCI5124 | Land Degradation and Management | 20 | |
| SCI5115 | Inland Aquatic Systems | 20 | |
| SCI5126 | Environmental Water Requirements | 20 | |
| SCI5128 | Environmental Management Systems & Auditing | 20 | |
| SCI5118 | GIS and Remote Sensing | 20 | |
| SCI5117 | Biological Conservation | 20 | |
| SCI5127 | Environmental Monitoring & Investigation | 20 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: