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Postgraduate: Course rule and topic informationMaster of Water Resources Management(MWaterResMgmt)The program of study for this course changed from 2008. An information session and/or counselling session will be held for all continuing students. INTRODUCTION Flinders University offers a postgraduate suite of courses in Water Resources Management in partnership with the following Australian universities:
The Master of Water Resources Management is an 54-unit program offered at Flinders University by the Faculty of Science and Engineering on a fee-paying basis. The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Water Resources Management and the Graduate Diploma in Water Resources Management, and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards. Candidates who have completed either of these courses are awarded credit for related topics. COURSE AIMS The program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to increase their breadth and depth of knowledge and application of skills in the area of water resources management. The wide variety of specialised coursework electives and study options enable students to create a program of study that meets their individual needs. Study options include further coursework, a research project or an industry project. The industry project has been designed to assist students in becoming professionally aware through quality interaction with industry leaders. COURSE RULE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Diploma in Water Resources Management must meet the following requirements for admission#:
*Engineering and Science are considered as recommended fields. **Relevant experience will need to be demonstrated to an appropriate level and will be assessed at the discretion of the Program Director. #Professionals with extensive experience working in the water industry who do not meet the academic requirements may be eligible for entry into the Graduate Certificate. It is assumed that all applicants will have a demonstrated background in mathematics at least equivalent to Year 12 mathematics in Australia (eg Mathematical Studies in South Australia). International students who speak English as a foreign language must have obtained one of the following standards two years prior to admission:
To qualify for the Master of Water Resources Management, a student must complete 54 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, as outlined in the program of study below and in accordance with the following:
*Students who elect to undertake Study Option 3 or 4 must include the topic WARM8405 Environmental Research Methods WE as one of the optional topics. Students must complete at least 50% of their studies at their home institution. Students who undertake Study Option 3 or 4 are required to complete the topic WARM8405 Environmental Research Methods WE as one of their optional topics prior to the commencement of, or concurrently with their research or industry project. WARM8405 Environmental Research Methods WE will require students to develop a project proposal. This proposal will form the basis of the proposal required to be approved by the Program Director in the semester prior to commencing Study Option 3 or 4. At the discretion of the Program Director, students may be granted credit * for two elective coursework topics where students are able to provide evidence that they have successfully completed a similar postgraduate topic previously. Credit will not be granted for core topics. At the discretion of the Program Director, students that are able to provide evidence that they have successfully completed a similar postgraduate topic or can demonstrate knowledge through professional experience, will be eligible to undertake an alternative coursework elective in place of a core topic. Students may be allowed to undertake course elective topics from other university postgraduate programs with the approval of the Program Director. Students may enrol in the topic Specialised Studies 1 (University of Adelaide), or Hydrology and Water Resources Advanced Topics 1 (UniSA), or Special Topic in Groundwater Hydrology (Flinders), if undertaking a specialised short course or other topic as approved by the Program Director. Students are required to complete at least 3 topics from one stream. * Where a student has successfully completed the exact topic or a topic very similar in the past five years. Program Notes Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year. All the ICEWaRM Universities contribute expertise to the delivery of core courses. These courses and other specified courses are delivered using Access Grid, an internet conference facility. The 18-unit research project will be offered in two 9-unit blocks taken as WARM8440A Groundwater Hydrology Project A WE (9 units) followed by WARM8440B Groundwater Hydrology Project B (9 units). Students will be required to enrol in WARM8440A Groundwater Hydrology Project A in Semester 2 of their degree program. Once they satisfy the requirements for entry into WARM8440B Groundwater Hydrology Project B WE, they will be permitted to enrol in the latter project in Semester 3 of their degree program. Students must consult with the Course Co-ordinator before enrolling in these research project topics. Those students who do not meet the entry requirements into WARM8440B Groundwater Hydrology Project B WE will be required to take additional topics from the optional list. 18 units of core topics comprising:
18 units of optional topics selected from the following (at least 3 topics must be taken from one of the streams offered by Flinders University): Groundwater Hydrology/Hydrogeology stream
^Offered in odd years | ^^ Offered in even years *Students must consult with the Course Coordinator before enrolling in this topic. # Topic not offered in 2008. Unstreamed ElectivesUnstreamed option topics are available to students as a elective topic in the three programs if students undertake the program at another institution.This means with approval students can undertake this topic as part of their award with approval from the home institution. The list of unstreamed option topics includes:
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