Sustainability
Units of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Core Unit |
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| All students must complete the core unit. | |||
| SUST5001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Additional Core Units |
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| Students in the Graduate Certificate must complete one additional core unit (6 credit points). | |||
| Students in the Graduate Diploma and the Masters must complete five additional core units (30 credit points). | |||
| Students may take additional core units as elective units. | |||
| SUST5002 Food and Water Security |
6 | C SUST5001 |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5003 Energy and Resources |
6 | C SUST5001 |
Semester 1 |
| SUST5004 Populations and Health |
6 | C SUST5001 |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5005 Policy and Sustainability |
6 | C SUST5001 |
Intensive October |
| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | C SUST5001 |
Semester 1 |
| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Capstone Experience Units |
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| Students in the Masters must complete 24 credit points of capstone experience. | |||
| SUST5007 Research Project A |
24 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001, SUST5002, SUST5003, SUST5004, SUST5005, SUST5006, PHYS5031 N SUST5008, SUST5009 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5008 Research Project B |
12 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001, SUST5002, SUST5003, SUST5004, SUST5005, SUST5006, PHYS5031 N SUST5007 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5009 Research Project C |
12 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001, SUST5002, SUST5003, SUST5004, SUST5005, SUST5006, PHYS5031 N SUST5007 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective Units |
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| All students must complete two elective units (12 credit points). | |||
| Students may take additional core units as elective units. | |||
| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management |
6 | A ENVX3001 and SOIL3004. |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AFNR5512 Water Management and Variable Climate |
6 | A UG Maths or Physics or Hydrology. |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues. |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9080 Urban Ecology, Design and Planning |
6 | N PLAN9048 |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science; medicine; nursing; allied health sciences; philosophy/ethics; sociology/anthropology; history; or other relevant field; or by special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| DESC9147 Sustainable Building Design Principles |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESC9148 Sustainable Building Design Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| DESC9201 Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| EDPC5022 Design for Learning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPC5024 Systems, Change and Learning |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENVI5705 Ecological Principles |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 1 |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENVI5801 Social Science of Environment |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling |
A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Intensive June Semester 2 Semester 2a |
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| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive July |
| GEOG5001 Geographic Information Science A |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 1 |
| GEOG5003 Environmental Remote Sensing This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | A GEOG5001 |
Semester 1 |
| GEOG5004 Environmental Mapping and Monitoring |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 2 |
| GOVT6222 Australian Enviro Politics and Policy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6316 Policy Making, Power and Politics |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5000 Introduction to Health Policy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| IBUS5002 Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
6 | N IBUS5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6005 Ethical International Business Decisions |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| IBUS6011 New Business Opportunities and Startups |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points N IBUS5011 or WORK6112 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6014 Intellectual Property Management |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points |
Semester 1 |
| IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points |
Semester 1 Summer Late |
| INFS5001 Project Management |
6 | N INFS6014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 International students who are required to enrol in this unit must undertake classes during the first week of their study. Health Law and Public Health students should enrol in LAWS6881 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals in lieu of LAWS6252, if available. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. Students must attend all classes on the timetabled dates as prescribed for their enrolled session/group. An Absent Fail grade may be granted to students who fail to attend the correct session/group. |
Intensive April Intensive July Intensive March Intensive September |
| LAWS6324 Law Tropical Forests and Carbon - Departmental permission is required for this unit This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive August |
| MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine |
4 | Semester 2 |
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| MKTG5001 Marketing Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
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| PHYS5032 Techniques for Sustainability Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 2 |
| RSEC5431 Benefit Cost Analysis This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| RSEC5432 Environmental Economics This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| RSEC5433 Economics of Mineral & Energy Industries This unit of study is not available in 2016 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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