Master of Environmental Science (MC-ENVSC) // Course structure

Course structure

Students must complete a total of 200 credit points, comprised of:

• Core Subjects (50 points)
• Environmental Science Discipline Subjects (75 - 100 points)
• Broadening Environmental Studies Subjects (up to 25 points)
• Professional Skills (between 25 and 50 points)

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Course structure notes:

• EVSC90017 Global Environmental Change must be taken in the first semester of enrolment
• EVSC90019 Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science must be taken in the final semester of enrolment
• EVSC90031 Industry Project in Environmental Science will be taken in the second year of study
• Outstanding students may replace the Industry Project with EVSC90032 Environmental Science Research Project, depending upon the availability of a suitable project and supervisor.

Subject options

Core Subjects (50 points)

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
EVSC90017	Global Environmental Change	Semester 1	12.5
EVSC90019	Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science	Semester 2	12.5
EVSC90031	Industry Project in EnvironmentalScience	Year Long	25

Environmental Science Discipline Subjects (75 - 100 points)

Students will select between 75 and 100 points of elective subjects. Students who have not completed the equivalent of EVSC30002 must complete EVSC90009. Students who have not completed the equivalent of EVSC30003 must complete EVSC90014. Students may be eligible to take up to 25 points of undergraduate subjects to meet prerequisite requirements. These electives can be chosen from the following subjects:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ATOC30003	Atmosphere Ocean Interaction	Semester 2	12.5
ATOC30004	Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography	Semester 1	12.5
ATOC30008	Atmospheric Processes and Composition	Semester 1	12.5
ATOC90005	Atmosphere Ocean Interaction and Climate	Not available in 2018	12.5
ATOC90006	Climate Analysis and Modelling	Not available in 2018	12.5
ATOC90010	Statistics in Climate Dynamics	Not available in 2018	12.5
ATOC90011	Convective Clouds and Storms	Not available in 2018	12.5
ATOC90013	Atmospheric Modelling	Not available in 2018	12.5
BCMB30002	Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics	Semester 1	12.5
BTCH90009	Genomics and Bioinformatics	Semester 1	12.5
CHEM90006	Analytical & Environmental Chemistry	Semester 2	12.5
CHEM90007	Environmental Chemistry	Semester 1	12.5
ECOL30005	Applied Ecology	Semester 2	12.5
ENEN90006	Solid Wastes to Sustainable Resources	Semester 1	12.5
ENEN90011	Energy Efficiency Technology	Semester 2	12.5
ENEN90027	Energy for Sustainable Development	Semester 1	12.5
ENEN90029	Water and Waste Water Management	Semester 2	12.5
ENEN90030	Groundwater Hydrology	Not available in 2018	12.5
ENEN90033	Solar Energy	Semester 1	12.5
ENEN90034	Environmental Applied Hydrology	Semester 1	12.5
ENGR90030	Non-Renewable Energy	Semester 2	12.5
ERTH90026	Climate Modelling and Climate Change	Semester 2	12.5
ERTH90028	Urban Soils, Substrates and Water	Semester 2	12.5
ERTH90029	Environmental Geochemistry	Not available in 2018	6.25
ERTH90034	Advanced Hydrogeology	June	6.25
EVSC90009	Problem Solving in Environmental Science	Semester 2	12.5
EVSC90014	Environmental Risk Assessment	October	12.5
EVSC90015	Environmental Impact Assessment	Semester 1	12.5
EVSC90020	Environmental Modelling	Semester 1	12.5
EVSC90025	Water Sensitive Urban Design	February	12.5
EVSC90026	Modelling Species Distributions & Niches	Semester 2 Semester 2	12.5
EVSC90032	Environmental Science Research Project	Year Long	25
FOOD90034	Sustainable Food Production	Semester 2	12.5
FRST90015	Forest Ecosystems	February	12.5
FRST90019	Forest Assessment and Monitoring	Not available in 2018	12.5
FRST90022	Forests and Water	Semester 1	12.5
FRST90025	Bushfire & Climate	February	12.5
FRST90026	Bushfire & Biodiversity	April	12.5
FRST90032	Forests, Carbon and Climate Change	Semester 2	12.5
FRST90034	Ecological Restoration	September	12.5
FRST90078	Conserving and Managing Native Forests	July	12.5
GEOG30022	River Ecology & Ecosystem Management	Semester 1	12.5
GEOG90003	Integrated River & Catchment Management	Semester 1	12.5
GEOG90024	Coastal Landforms and Management	Semester 1	12.5
GEOG90026	Global Climate Change In Context	February	12.5
GEOG90027	Biogeography and Ecology of Fire	January	12.5
GEOL30003	Sedimentary Geology	Semester 2	12.5
GEOL30007	Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry	Semester 1	12.5
GEOL90005	Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry	Semester 1	12.5
GEOL90043	Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage	Winter Term	6.25
GEOL90046	Environmental Geology Field Techniques	September	6.25
GEOM30009	Imaging the Environment	Semester 1	12.5
GEOM90005	Remote Sensing	Semester 2	12.5
HORT90003	Plants and the Urban Environment	Not available in 2018	12.5
HORT90038	Food Production for Urban Landscapes	Semester 1	12.5
NRMT90002	Management of Plant and Animal Invasions	Semester 2	12.5
NRMT90007	Community Natural Resource Management	Semester 2	12.5
POPH90014	Epidemiology 1	Semester 1	12.5
SCIE90014	Renewable Energy	Semester 2	12.5

Broadening Environmental Studies Subjects (up to 25 points)

These electives can be chosen from the following subjects:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ATOC90002	Climate Affairs	Semester 1	12.5
ECON90016	Environmental Economics and Strategy	Semester 1	12.5
ENEN90028	Monitoring Environmental Impacts	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
ENST90017	Environmental Policy Instruments	Semester 2	12.5
ENST90032	Sustainability and Behaviour Change	Semester 1	12.5
ENST90033	Climate Change Mitigation	Semester 1	12.5
ENST90034	Adapting to Climate Change	April	12.5
FRST90017	Bushfire Planning & Management	June	12.5
FRST90030	Forests in the Asia Pacific Region	November	12.5
GEOG90007	China Field Class PG	June	25
GEOG90019	Indigenous Land Management	Not available in 2018	12.5
GEOG90020	Risk Management and Public Participation	Not available in 2018	12.5
GEOG90021	Conservation and Cultural Environments	Not available in 2018	12.5
HORT90004	Plant Production and Establishment	Semester 2	12.5
HORT90033	Plants in the Landscape	Semester 1	12.5
HORT90039	Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities	February	12.5
HORT90046	Designing Green Roofs and Walls	September	12.5
MULT90004	Sustainability Governance and Leadership	March July	12.5
NRMT90014	Sustainable Landscapes	Semester 1	12.5

Professional Skills (between 25 and 50 points)

Students will select at least 25 points of the following professional skills elective subjects:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ACTL90004	Insurance Risk Models	Semester 1	12.5
BUSA90403	Business Tools: Money People & Processes	September	12.5
COMP90038	Algorithms and Complexity	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
COMP90059	Introduction to Python Programming	Summer Term	12.5
EDUC90839	Science in Schools	Not available in 2018	12.5
ENEN90031	Quantitative Environmental Modelling	Semester 1	12.5
ENEN90032	Environmental Analysis Tools	Semester 2	12.5
ENGR90029	Analysing Energy Systems	Semester 1	12.5
GEOM90008	Foundations of Spatial Information	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
LING90002	Presenting Academic Discourse	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
MAST30011	Graph Theory	Semester 1	12.5
MAST30025	Linear Statistical Models	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
PHYC30021	Laboratory and Computational Physics 3	Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5
SCIE90005	Ethics and Responsibility in Science	Semester 1	12.5
SCIE90012	Science Communication	Semester 2	12.5
SCIE90013	Communication for Research Scientists	Semester 1	12.5
SCIE90017	Science and Technology Internship	Summer Term Semester 1 Semester 2	12.5

Last updated: 18 December 2020