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 |
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5003 Energy and Resources |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| SUST5004 Sustainable Development and Population Health |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5005 Law, Policy and Sustainability |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Intensive October |
| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
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 or 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 |
Semester 2 |
| DESC9147 Sustainable Building Design Principles |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| DESC9148 Sustainable Building Design Practice |
6 | P DESC9201 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 2a |
| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study involves additional costs. |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
6 | Semester 1 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 This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 2 |
| IBUS6023 Engaged Entrepreneurship Projects |
6 | P IBUS5002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS5001 Project Management |
6 | N INFS6014 |
Intensive January Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS6022 Systemic Sustainable Development |
6 | A Understanding the major functions of a business and how those business functions interact internally and externally so the company can be competitive in a changing market. How information systems can be used and managed in a business. How to critically analyse a business and determine its option for transformation. Desirable Experience as a member of a project team. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students are recommended to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to complete classes for this unit during the first week of their commencing semester. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
| MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| PHYS4801 Industrial Ecology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PHYS4802 Quantitative Disaster Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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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 |