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Principal Coordinator
Jay Black
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90086 | Environmental Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANSC90001 | Wildlife Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC30003 | Tropical Weather and Climate Extremes | 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 |
| ATOC90010 | Statistics in Climate Dynamics | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90011 | Convective Clouds and Storms | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90013 | Atmospheric Modelling | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOC90016 | Weather and Climate Extremes | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATOC90017 | Advanced Past Climates | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCMB30002 | Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BIOL90002 | Applied Statistics for Biologists | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BOTA30004 | Vegetation Management and Conservation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BOTA90005 | Flora of Victoria | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BTCH90009 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM30012 | Analytical & Environmental Chemistry | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM20011 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM90041 | Exciton Science | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| CHEM90043 | Atmospheric Chemistry | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90047 | Organic Electronics | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| CHEM90048 | Lasers in Chemistry | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| CHEM90051 | Advanced Mass Spectrometry | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90052 | Catalysis | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90053 | Interfacial Chemistry and Sonochemistry | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90064 | Advanced Environmental Analysis | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEM90065 | Advanced NMR Spectroscopy | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| CHEN90011 | Wastewater and Environmental Remediation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| ENEN90031 | Quantitative Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90033 | Solar Energy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENEN90038 | Engineering Hydrology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90030 | Non-Renewable Energy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST30004 | Nature, Conservation and Society | Semester 2 (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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ERTH90026 | Climate Modelling and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ERTH90028 | Urban Soils, Substrates and Water | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ERTH90029 | Environmental Geochemistry | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| ERTH90034 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| ERTH90062 | Introduction to Archaeological Science | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| EVSC30006 | Ecology of Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - 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 2024 | 12.5 |
| EVSC90033 | Air Quality Monitoring | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| FOOD90034 | Sustainable Food Production | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| FRST90015 | Landscape Ecology | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRST90022 | Ecosystem Processes of Water and Soil | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90025 | Patterns and Processes of Landscape Fire | February (Online) |
12.5 |
| FRST90032 | Ecosystems in a Changing Climate |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Creswick)
|
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 |
| GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (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 | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90052 | Riverine Landscapes: Hydrology & Ecology | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| GEOL30002 | Tectonics and Geophysics | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL30003 | Sedimentary Geology and Hydrogeology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL30007 | Geobiology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL90043 | Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
| GEOL90046 | Environmental Geology Field Techniques | September (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOL90051 | Basin Structure and Stratigraphy | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| HORT90038 | Food Production for Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Burnley) |
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 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| SCIE90014 | Renewable Energy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL90022 | Healthy Communities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90064 | Urban Sustainability and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL90337 | Managing Urban Landscapes | June (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90002 | Climate Science for Decision-Making | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECON90016 | Environmental Economics and Strategy | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| ENST90032 | Sustainability and Behaviour Change |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90033 | Climate Change Mitigation | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST90034 | Adapting to Climate Change | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST90017 | Bushfire Planning & Management | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| FRST90030 | Forests in the Asia Pacific Region | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| GEOG90007 | China Field Class PG | Not available in 2024 | 25 |
| GEOG90021 | Conservation and Cultural Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG90025 | East Timor Field Class | Not available in 2024 | 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 | February (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
| HORT90046 | Designing Green Roofs and Walls | No longer available | |
| MULT90004 | Environmental Sustainability |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENST90043 | Sustainable Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEN90041 | Energy, Emissions and Pollution Control | Semester 2 (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 |
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 2024 | 12.5 |
| ENEN90032 | Environmental Analysis Tools | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90029 | Analysing Energy Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30009 | Imaging the Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90005 | Remote Sensing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM90006 | Spatial Data Analytics | Semester 1 (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 | Not available in 2024 | 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 |
| SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (Off Campus)
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| CHEN90031 | Sustainable Bioprocessing | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEN30001 | Reactors and Catalysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEN90007 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR30002 | Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| SCIE90034 | Communicating Science at Work | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AGRI90075 | Research Methods For Life Sciences | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| CHEN90010 | Sustainable Minerals and Recycling | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEN90040 | Sustainable Food Processing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SKILS90004 | No longer available |
Last updated: 8 November 2024