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Part-time - Delivery Mode:
Online - Duration:
1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Computing, Health and Science - School:
Natural Sciences - Code:
I05
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Master 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 180 credit points (nine 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.
Stage 1
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5110 | Management of Waste | 20 | |
| SCI5119 | Environmental Economics | 20 | |
| Prescribed Elective Unit | |||
Stage 2
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5250 | Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures | 20 | |
| SCI5133 | Environmental and Health Risk Assessment | 20 | |
| Prescribed Elective Unit | |||
Stage 3
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5105 | Catchment Health | 20 | |
| SCI5125 | Forest Ecology and Management | 20 | |
| Prescribed Elective Unit | |||
Students in consultation with the Course Coordinator can opt in Stage 3 to undertake a research project (consisting of SCI5139 and SCI5112) instead of the listed units
Prescribed Electives
| Unit | Description | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCI5128 | Environmental Management Systems & Auditing | 20 | |
| SCI5115 | Inland Aquatic Systems | 20 | |
| SCI5123 | Coastal and Marine Systems | 20 | |
| SCI5124 | Land Degradation and Management | 20 | |
| SCI5126 | Environmental Water Requirements | 20 | |
| SCI5108 | Water Demand Management | 20 | |
| SCI5117 | Biological Conservation | 20 | |
| SCI5118 | GIS and Remote Sensing | 20 | |
This major can also be studied in the following courses: