ENVS3760 Environmental Agency Placement

Professor Okke Batelaan

2016

4.5

1 x 50-minute lecture fortnightly
1 x 1-day workshop per semester
2 x 1-day industry placements weekly

1 2 of GEOG1003, COMP1102, STEM1002, COMP1201
2 1 of GEOG1004, STEM1003
3 Admission into BAGIS-Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems
4 1 of STAT1412, STAT1121, STAT1122
5 Admission into BENV-Bachelor of Environment
6 72 units of topics
Must Satisfy: ((1 and 2 and 3 and 4) or (5 and 6))

1 of ENVS9780, GEOG2703 has been successfully completed

Completion of Year 1 and Year 2 core topics.

This topic provides students with opportunities for work experience within government and non-government agencies, businesses and other workplaces with a focus on some aspect relevant to the environment. The scope of ‘environment’ in these placements is broadly defined. Students will engage with their assigned local and/or interstate hosts to varying extents, including observation and shadowing, performing authentic workplace tasks under supervision, and preparing reports and presentations, depending on the agency.

The aims for this topic are to:

Provide students with the principles of good professional practice within a workplace context
Offer students opportunities for work experience within agencies and other organisations relevant to their environmental discipline
Broaden student perspectives on the nature of work opportunities within environmental disciplines

At the completion of this topic, students are expected to be able to:

Understand the breadth of issues and topic areas relevant to work and careers in the environmental arena
Appreciate the policy, fiscal and/or commercial contexts in which environmental matters arise or are dealt with
Apply professional skills gained elsewhere in the program to a workplace context
Understand the ethical issues that relate to selected workplaces
Work effectively within host institutions including national, state and local government agencies, non-government organisations and private enterprise

Key dates and timetable

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