Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

All course rules are currently under review and new course rules will apply from 2011.
As a result topic details may change. Further information on the new course structures will be made available by mid-2010.

Bachelor of Environmental Management

(BEnvMgmt)

Program of study
Honours degree | Combined degrees program

INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Environmental Management requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).

The course is offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

The Bachelor of Environmental Management may also be studied in combined degrees programs:

Bachelor of Business (four years full-time or equivalent)
Bachelor of Commerce (four years full-time or equivalent)

Students enrolling in combined degrees programs must seek the advice of the relevant course coordinator on how to structure their enrolment over the four years of the program.

COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course provides students with a broad-based foundation in issues of environmental management and provides training in environmental monitoring and analysis, and in the economic and social evaluation and appraisal of environmental impacts.

This course was created to meet the growing demand for graduates who can help communities and businesses to better manage our environment and its resources. It deals with some of the most vital issues facing Australia and the rest of the world today - water resources, biodiversity, coastal management, pollution, land degradation, energy use, climate change and sustainable resource use.

The course combines the study of physical geography, the earth sciences and biology (which explain how environmental systems work and how human activities impact on these systems), with the study of the social sciences (which explain the causes of this impact and how our environmental behaviour can be better managed to minimise this impact).

Learning outcomes

On completion of their degree, students will have developed extensive knowledge in environmental management and a range of transferable professional skills.

Graduates will be able to:

understand how human societies impact on the biophysical resource systems;
understand, develop and implement strategies that societies can adopt for sustainable use of biophysical resources;
apply natural resource economics in the evaluation of resource management systems;
collect, process and evaluate environmental information through a variety of desktop and field based approaches;
demonstrate an ability to communicate environmental information to a wide variety of audiences.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [January, 2010]

To qualify for the Bachelor of Environmental Management a student must complete 36 units of topics each year with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study* below. No more than 45 units of First Year topics may be included.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board;
students may not proceed to Second or Third Year topics until they have completed or are enrolled in 36 units at First Year.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

* The Faculty Board may approve substitute topics if a student is unable to undertake particular core topics while studying overseas on a program supported by the course management committee.

	First Year
BUSN1007	Introductory Microeconomics	4.5
ENVS1701	Environmental Studies	4.5
ENVS1702	Environment, Economy and Culture	4.5
ENVS1703	Professional Skills in Environmental Management	4.5
GEOG1001	Water Resources and Society	4.5
GEOG1002	Cities as Human Environments	4.5
	plus at least 9 units selected from the following topics, of which at least 4.5 units must be chosen from those in Group A:
	Group A
BIOL1101	Evolution of Biological Diversity	4.5
BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	4.5
BIOL1112	Biology and Society	4.5
EASC1101	Earth and Environment 1	4.5
EASC1102	Marine Sciences 1	4.5
	Group B
CHEM1101	Chemistry 1A	4.5
CHEM1102	Chemistry 1B	4.5
CHEM1201	Introduction to Chemistry A	4.5
CHEM1202	Introduction to Chemistry B	4.5
CPES1201	Physics for the Life Sciences A	4.5
CPES1202	Physics for the Life Sciences B	4.5
PHYS1101	Physics 1A	4.5
PHYS1102	Physics 1B	4.5
	Second Year
BUSN2012	Introductory Environmental Economics	6
ENVS2704	Environmental Systems	6
GEOG2010	Computing Methods in Geography	6
	plus 18 units selected from the following:
/ENVS2706	The Environment in Film	6
GEOG2003	Society and Space	6
GEOG2005	Asian Regional Development	6
GEOG2006	Australian Environmental Change	6
CPES2019	Earth Sciences Field Camp 1	6
DVST2001	Sustainable Development	6
PPHR2001	Demography	6
GLOB2002	Globalisation and Environmental Issues	6
	or other upper level topics selected from any Faculty of the University including up to 9 units of First Year topics.
	Third Year
ENVS3721	Issues in Environmental Management	6
ENVS3722	Environmental Impact Assessment	6
GEOG3013	Geographical Information Systems	6
	plus 18 units of upper level topics selected from any area of the University. While students may select topics from any area, the following topics are recommended:
ENVS3708	Coastal Studies	6
GEOG3007	Cities, Geography and Policy	6
GEOG3008	Regional Development	6
GEOG3014	Image Analysis and Remote Sensing	6
GEOG3017	Advanced Geographical Information Systems	6
GEOG3018	Advanced Digital Image Analysis	6
ASST3039	Environment and Development in Asia	6
CPES3023	Earth Sciences Field Camp 2 ^	6
POLI3049	Environmental Politics	6

and those electives list above for Second Year.

^ Not offered in 2010

HONOURS DEGREE

A student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Environmental Management, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree.

To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study as specified in the following program.

ENVS7000

Environmental Studies Honours Thesis

24

ENVS7019

Research Project Design, Conduct and Management

6

and a 6-unit honours level topic approved by the Director of Studies for which the student has satisfied prerequisites and entry requirements. With the approval of the Director of Studies a 6-unit Third Year topic in which the student's work will be graded at honours level may be substituted for an honours level topic.