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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
August
|
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 |
| ABPL90049 | |||
| ABPL90056 | Urban Transport Politics | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90065 | Managing Global City Regions | Semester 1 |
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 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90153 | Complex Building Energy Modelling | June |
12.5 |
| ABPL90246 | The Economies of Cities and Regions | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90272 | Regenerative Sustainability | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90279 | Cities Without Slums | July |
12.5 |
| ABPL90283 | Performative Ecologies | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| ABPL90303 | Facilities for Social Sustainability | Not available in 2019 | 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 2019 | 12.5 |
| ABPL90320 | Building Resilient Settlements | November |
12.5 |
| ABPL90326 | Technological Innovation | June |
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 | March |
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
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| DEVT90040 | Gender Issues in Development | July |
12.5 |
| DEVT90041 | Development Research Design & Assessment | March |
12.5 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| PHIL90015 | |||
| POLS40004 | |||
| POLS90015 | Business and Government | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| PPMN40002 | |||
| SOCI90003 | Comparative Social Policy | November |
12.5 |
| SOCI90004 | Contemporary Social Problems | April |
12.5 |
| PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | February |
12.5 |
| PPMN90040 |
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 2019 | 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 2019 | 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 | July |
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 | June |
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | March |
12.5 |
| LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70239 | Payment Matters in Construction Projects | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February
March
Semester 1
July
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | July |
12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | July |
12.5 |
| LAWS70395 | |||
| LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70239 | Payment Matters in Construction Projects | May |
12.5 |
| LAWS70041 | |||
| LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October |
12.5 |
| LAWS70330 | |||
| LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70466 | |||
| LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | June |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
February
August
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70268 |
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) |
Summer Term
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90007 | Environmental Research Project (25) |
Summer Term
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90024 | |||
| ENST90016 | Environmental Research Project (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70001 | |||
| ENST90025 | Environmental Industry Research (25) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
25 |
| ENST90026 | |||
| ENST90020 | Environmental Industry Research (50) |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
50 |
| ENST70002 | |||
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1
Semester 2
|
12.5 |
| ENST90034 | Adapting to Climate Change | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Science
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOC90002 | Climate Science for Decision-Making | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| ATOC90004 | Current Topics in Atmospheric Research | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90007 | Mesoscale Atmospheric Dynamics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| BIOL90002 | Biometry | July |
12.5 |
| BOTA90005 | Flora of Victoria | Summer Term |
12.5 |
| CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| CHEM90008 | |||
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | November |
12.5 |
| EVSC90016 | |||
| 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 2019 | 12.5 |
| DEVT90003 | The Political Ecology of Development | Not available in 2019 | 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 |
| ENST90023 | |||
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| FRST90015 | Landscape Ecology | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| FRST90020 | |||
| FRST90026 | |||
| 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 | |||
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | June |
25 |
| HORT90003 | |||
| HORT90004 | Plant Production and Establishment | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| HORT90006 | |||
| HORT90007 | |||
| HORT90011 | Therapeutic Landscapes | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| HORT90038 | Food Production for Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| MAST40001 | |||
| NRMT90002 | Biosecurity: Managing Invasive Species | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90003 | Social Research Methods | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT90014 | |||
| HORT90046 | Designing Green Roofs and Walls | September |
12.5 |
| GEOG90020 | Risk Management and Public Participation | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| ENST90033 | Climate Change Mitigation | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| AGRI90068 | |||
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Semester 1 |
12.5 |
| GEOG90019 | Indigenous Land Management | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
| HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities | February |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February |
12.5 |
| EVSC90001 | |||
| FRST90022 | Ecosystem Processes of Water and Soil | February |
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 |
| AGRI90068 | |||
| FOOD90024 | |||
| FOOD90026 | |||
| FOOD90027 | |||
| FOOD90033 | Sustainable Food: Policy and Practice | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 |
12.5 |
| NRMT40001 | |||
| NRMT90017 | |||
| VETS90016 |
Last updated: 24 January 2023