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Tailored Specialisation
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Kathryn Williams, Office for Environmental Programs
Office for Environmental Programs
Ground Floor, Walter Boas Building (building 163)
Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Structure
Students completing a tailored specialisation in the Master of Environment will complete two core subjects in Sustainability, Leadership and Governance, and Interdisciplinarity and the Environment. Students will choose the remainder of subjects from an approved subject list in consultation with an academic advisor. Additional subjects may be chosen depending on academic background. Please note that prerequisites may apply.
Subject Options
Core Subjects
Students must complete the following core subjects:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March
July
|
12.5 |
| MULT90005 | Interdisciplinarity and the Environment |
March
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
Students should make up the remainder of their award by selecting electives from the following list, sorted by discipline/faculty in consultation, with an academic advisor. Additional subjects may be chosen depending on academic background. Please note that prerequisites may apply.
Architecture Building and Planning
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90009 | |||
| ABPL90016 | Asset Management | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90030 | Project Evaluation | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90032 | Building Services and Operations |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | April |
12.5 |
| ABPL90072 | Landscape Studio 5:Sustainable Urbanism |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ABPL90075 | Urban and Landscape Heritage | September |
12.5 |
| ABPL90077 | Introduction to Transport and Land Use | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90078 | Contemporary Landscape Theory | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90090 | Public Transport Network Planning | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90120 | Building Sustainability | September |
12.5 |
| ABPL90130 | Planning Law & Statutory Planning | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90132 | Land Use and Urban Design | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90135 | Analytical Methods | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90152 | Sustainable Tropical Housing | November |
12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June |
12.5 |
| ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerating Sustainability | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Performative Ecologies | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90303 | Facilities for Social Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90315 | Participatory Planning | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90309 | Supply Chains in Construction | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90310 | Construction Industry and Environment | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November |
12.5 |
| ABPL90326 | Technological Innovation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90329 | |||
| ABPL90341 | Urban Environmental Policy and Planning | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
Arts
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVT90001 | Development Project Management & Design | February |
12.5 |
| DEVT90002 | Internship in Development |
January
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90008 | International Internship in Development |
January
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| DEVT90009 | Development Theories | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July |
12.5 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | February |
12.5 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| PHIL90015 | Issues in Professional & Applied Ethics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| POLS40004 | |||
| POLS90015 | Business and Government | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| SOCI90003 | Comparative Social Policy | November |
12.5 |
| SOCI90004 | Contemporary Social Problems | April |
12.5 |
| PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
Economics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT90031 | Sustainability Reporting & Management | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ECON40012 | Development Economics | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ECON90002 | Microeconomics | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ECON90016 | Environmental Economics and Strategy | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| MGMT90018 | Managerial Psychology |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90022 | Managing Organisational Change | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| MGMT90030 | Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90031 | Project Management |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| MKTG90009 | Advertising | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| MGMT90208 | Sustainable Business Practices | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
Education
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC90006 | Environmental Education | March |
12.5 |
| EDUC90729 | Conducting Educational Research | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| EDUC90638 | Education, Knowledge and Power | March |
12.5 |
| EDUC90626 |
Engineering
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVEN90027 | Geotechnical Applications | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90005 | Environmental Management ISO 14000 | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90006 | Solid Wastes to Sustainable Resources | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90011 | Energy Efficiency Technology | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90014 | Sustainable Buildings | September |
12.5 |
| ENEN90027 | Energy for Sustainable Development | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90028 | Monitoring Environmental Impacts | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90029 | Water and Waste Water Management | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90031 | Quantitative Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90032 | Environmental Analysis Tools | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENEN90033 | Solar Energy | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENGR90028 | Introduction to Energy Systems | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOM90005 | Remote Sensing | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| GEOM90006 | Spatial Analysis | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENEN90037 | International River Basin Management | June |
12.5 |
| CVEN90019 | Sustainable Water Resources Systems | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
Law
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70068 | Environmental Law | September |
12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | March |
12.5 |
| LAWS70149 | Construction Risk | September |
12.5 |
| LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | September |
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70239 | Payment Matters in Construction Projects | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | April |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February
March
Semester 1
July
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | August |
12.5 |
| LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70239 | Payment Matters in Construction Projects | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | November |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | September |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
Public Health
Office for Environmental Programs (Cross-faculty)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENST90017 | Environmental Policy Instruments | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENST90019 | Consumerism and the Growth Economy | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENST90006 | Environmental Research Review (12.5) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90024 | Environmental Research Project - 25 Long |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70001 | Environmental Research Proj (50 Long) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | Environmental Industry Research: 25 Long |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70002 | Environmental Industry Research: 50 Long |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ENST90034 | Adapting to Climate Change | April |
12.5 |
Science
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOC90002 | Climate Affairs | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ATOC90004 | Current Topics in Atmospheric Research | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ATOC90007 | Mesoscale Atmospheric Dynamics | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| BIOL90002 | Biometry | June |
12.5 |
| BOTA90005 | Flora of Victoria | Summer Term |
12.5 |
| CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| CHEM90008 | |||
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | October |
12.5 |
| EVSC90019 | Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| EVSC90020 | Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term |
12.5 |
| MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| MULT90012 | Industry Project in Science | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| MGMT90243 | |||
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| FRST90015 | Forest Ecosystems | February |
12.5 |
| FRST90026 | Bushfire & Biodiversity | April |
12.5 |
| FRST90029 | |||
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | November |
12.5 |
| FRST90031 | |||
| FRST90032 | Forests, Carbon and Climate Change | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| FRST90034 | Ecological Restoration | September |
12.5 |
| FRST90035 | Forest Internship Project | Year Long |
25 |
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | June |
25 |
| HORT90003 | Plants and the Urban Environment | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| HORT90004 | Plant Production and Establishment | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| HORT90006 | |||
| HORT90011 | Therapeutic Landscapes | June |
12.5 |
| HORT90038 | Food Production for Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90002 | Management of Plant and Animal Invasions | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90007 | Community Natural Resource Management | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90014 | Sustainable Landscapes | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| HORT90046 | Designing Green Roofs and Walls | September |
12.5 |
| GEOG90020 | Risk Management and Public Participation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| ENST90033 | Climate Change Mitigation | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90019 | Indigenous Land Management | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities | February |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Bushfire & Climate | February |
12.5 |
| EVSC90001 | Global Environment and Sustainability | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| FRST90022 | Forests and Water | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
Veterinary and Agricultural Science
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI90057 | Climate Change:Agric.Impacts&Adaptation | July |
12.5 |
| AGRI90066 | Soil Science and Management | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| FOOD90024 | |||
| FOOD90026 | |||
| FOOD90027 | |||
| FOOD90033 | Sustainable Food: Policy and Practice | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90017 | Leadership | February |
12.5 |
| VETS90016 |
Last updated: 24 January 2023