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ENVS30P - Environmental Studies (Postgraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Environmental Studies
Area of Study: Environmental Sciences
Degrees: MEnvStud - Master of Environmental Studies
Offered By: ELS - Division of Environmental and Life Sciences
Admission Requirements:Bachelor degree with a relevant major with a GPA of 2.5.
Fees:CSP/$480.00
Attendance Modes:
  • Internal
Study Loads:
  • Full Time (1.5)
  • Part Time
Commencing Study Periods:
  • FH
  • SH

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points48
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

300 level
Required GSE800 Attitudes to the Environment (4) 4
Required GSE807 Environmental Measurement and Analysis (4) 4
Required GSE843 Environmental Decision Making (4) 4
Required 4 cp fromGSE803 Science in Environmental Management (4)
GSE804 Ecological Processes (4)
GSE805 Air and Water Quality (4)
GSE808 Management of Degraded Environments (4)
GSE819 Environmental Health (4)
GSE829 Pollution Control and Waste Management (4)
BIOL861 Management of Wild Australian Mammals (4)
BIOL865 World Conservation Biology (4) 4
Required 32 cp fromACES881-883
GSE801-845
GSE852-855
Either GSE864 - Research project (full-time) (16) or both GSE866 Research Project Part A (8) and GSE867 Research Project B (8)
HGEO802 Social Impact Assessment and Cross Cultural Negotiation (4)
HGEO803 Cultural Issues in Wildlife Management (4)
GEOS801 Introduction to Geographic Information Science for Postgraduates (4)
GEOS810 GIS Skills in Habitat and Wildlife Management (4)
GEOS878 Advanced Soils (4)
BIOL861 Management of Wild Australian Mammals (4)
BIOL865 World Conservation Biology (4)
BIOL885 Aboriginal Impact on Australian Ecosystems (3)
BIOL886 Aboriginal Bioresources Field Trip (1) 32
Electives
Balance of credit points required
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 48
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