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About this course
Contact
Course Coordinator - robyn.schofield@unimelb.edu.au
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Principal Coordinator
Robyn Schofield
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 200 credit points, comprised of:
- Core Subjects (62.5 credits points)
- Environmental Science Discipline Subjects (87.5 to 112.5 points)
- Broadening Environmental Studies Subjects (up to 25 points)
- Professional Skills (between 25 and 37.5 points)
Course structure notes:
- EVSC90017 Global Environmental Change and EVSC90014 Environmental Risk Assessment must be taken in the first year of enrolment.
- EVSC90019 Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science and Industry Project in EnvironmentalSci Pt1 & Pt2 will be taken in the second year of study.
- Outstanding students may replace the Industry Project with EVSC90034 Environmental Sci. Research Project Pt 1 and EVSC90035 Environmental Sci. Research Project Pt 2 depending upon the availability of a suitable project and supervisor.
Subject options
Core Subjects (62.5 points)
Year 1: (25 credit points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90017 | Global Environmental Change | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| No longer available |
Year 2: (37.5 points)
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90019 | Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AND
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90034 | Environmental Sci. Research Project Pt 1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| EVSC90035 | Environmental Sci. Research Project Pt 2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
OR
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC90036 | Industry Project in EnvironmentalSci Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| EVSC90037 | Industry Project in EnvironmentalSci Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Environmental Science Discipline Subjects (between 87.5 to 112.5 credit points)
Students will select between 87.5 and 112.5 points of elective subjects. 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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC30004 | Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC30008 | Atmospheric Processes and Composition | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90005 | Atmosphere Ocean Interaction and Climate | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90006 | Climate Analysis and Modelling | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90010 | Statistics in Climate Dynamics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90011 | Convective Clouds and Storms | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90013 | Atmospheric Modelling | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ANSC90001 | Wildlife Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB30002 | Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BIOL90002 | Biometry | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BTCH90009 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM90006 | Analytical & Environmental Chemistry | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM90042 | Automatic Chemical Analysis | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
| CHEM90043 | Atmospheric Chemistry | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90048 | Lasers in Chemistry | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90051 | Advanced Mass Spectrometry | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90052 | Catalysis | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90053 | Interfacial Chemistry and Sonochemistry | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| ECOL30005 | Applied Ecology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90006 | Solid Wastes to Sustainable Resources | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90011 | Energy Efficiency Technology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90027 | Energy for Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90029 | Water and Waste Water Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90030 | Groundwater Hydrology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90031 | Quantitative Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90033 | Solar Energy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90034 | Environmental Applied Hydrology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90030 | Non-Renewable Energy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ERTH90026 | Climate Modelling and Climate Change | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ERTH90028 | Urban Soils, Substrates and Water | Semester 2 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ERTH90029 | Environmental Geochemistry | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
| ERTH90034 | Advanced Hydrogeology | June (Online) |
6.25 |
| EVSC30002 | Problem Solving in Environmental Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90020 | Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90025 | Water Sensitive Urban Design | February (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90026 | Modelling Species Distributions & Niches | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| EVSC90033 | Air Quality Monitoring | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90015 | Landscape Ecology | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90044 | Analysing Ecosystems and Their Values | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90045 | Spatial Tools for Ecosystem Management | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90022 | Ecosystem Processes of Water and Soil | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90032 | Forests, Carbon and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| FRST90034 | Ecological Restoration | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90078 | Conserving and Managing Native Forests | Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30001 | Geomorphology: Catchment to Coast | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90026 | Global Climate Change In Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90027 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90052 | Riverine Landscapes: Hydrology & Ecology | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| GEOL30003 | Sedimentary Geology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL30007 | Geobiology: Fossils & Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL90043 | Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90046 | Environmental Geology Field Techniques | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
| GEOM30009 | Imaging the Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90005 | Remote Sensing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HORT90038 | Food Production for Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| MAST90128 | Advanced Environmental Computation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| NRMT90002 | Biosecurity: Managing Invasive Species | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90014 | Renewable Energy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90337 | Managing Urban Landscapes | July (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90002 | Climate Science for Decision-Making | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN90019 | Sustainable Water Resources Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90016 | Environmental Economics and Strategy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90028 | Monitoring Environmental Impacts | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90002 | Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90005 | Environmental Policy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90017 | Environmental Policy Instruments | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90033 | Climate Change Mitigation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90034 | Adapting to Climate Change | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90017 | Bushfire Planning & Management | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | Not available in 2020 | 25 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| HORT90004 | Plant Production and Establishment | Semester 2 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| HORT90033 | Plants in the Landscape | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| HORT90039 | Green Infrastructure for Liveable Cities |
Summer Term (On Campus - Burnley)
August (On Campus - Burnley)
|
12.5 |
| HORT90046 | Designing Green Roofs and Walls | September (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90043 | Sustainable Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Professional Skills (between 25 and 37.5 credit 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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90038 | Algorithms and Complexity |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| COMP90072 | The Art of Scientific Computation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| EDUC90839 | Science in Schools | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| ENEN90032 | Environmental Analysis Tools | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90029 | Analysing Energy Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST30025 | Linear Statistical Models | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHYC30021 | Laboratory and Computational Physics 3 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020