Environments Discipline subjects
Bachelor of EnvironmentsInformal specialisationYear: 2025
Environments Discipline subjects
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Clare Newton
Currently enrolled students:
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Overview
Subjects approved as Environments discipline subjects in the Bachelor of Environments.
Intended learning outcomes
Subjects contributing to the core requirement (i.e. not breadth) within the Bachelor of Environments.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Structure
See below.
Subject Options
Architecture, Building and Planning
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABPL20004 | Principles of Property Valuation | No longer available | |
| ABPL20027 | Architecture Design Studio: Earth | No longer available | |
| ABPL20028 | Architecture Design Studio: Water | No longer available | |
| ABPL20030 | Foundations of Architecture | No longer available | |
| ABPL20031 | Principles of Property | No longer available | |
| ABPL20033 | Architectural Technologies 2: Analyse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL20034 | Urban History | No longer available | |
| ABPL20035 | Cities: From Local to Global | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20036 | Environmental Building Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20037 | Urban Design Studies | No longer available | |
| ABPL20038 | Explorations (Landscape Studio 1) | No longer available | |
| ABPL20039 | History of Designed Landscapes | No longer available | |
| ABPL20040 | Landscape Studio 2: Site Plan & Design | No longer available | |
| ABPL20045 | City Futures | No longer available | |
| ABPL20047 | Site Tectonics | No longer available | |
| ABPL30006 | Property Resource Analysis | No longer available | |
| ABPL30012 | Property Management | No longer available | |
| ABPL30037 | Architecture Design Studio: Fire | No longer available | |
| ABPL30039 | Construction Contract Administration | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL10003 | Visualising Environments | No longer available | |
| ABPL30040 | Measurement of Building Works | No longer available | |
| ABPL30041 | Architectural Technologies 3: Implement |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ABPL30042 | Landscape Studio: Urban Open Space | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30044 | Industry Partner project Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30045 | Property Analysis Studio | No longer available | |
| ABPL30046 | Steel and Concrete Structural Systems | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30048 | Architecture Design Studio: Air | No longer available | |
| ABPL30049 | Case Studies in Landscape Architecture | No longer available | |
| ABPL30050 | Modern Architecture: MoMo to PoMo | No longer available | |
| ABPL30051 | Urban Morphological Mapping | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30052 | Urban Precinct Studio | No longer available | |
| ABPL30055 | Construction Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30053 | Formative Ideas in Architecture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30056 | Construction Cost Planning and Economics | No longer available | |
| ABPL30057 | Asia Pacific Modernities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20049 | Introduction to Urban Design & Planning | No longer available | |
| ABPL20051 | Construction Industry Studies - Property | No longer available | |
| ABPL20052 | Investment and Finance for Property | No longer available | |
| ABPL30059 | Property Case Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20048 | Visual Communications | No longer available | |
| ABPL30058 | Architecture Design Studio: Sparks | No longer available | |
| ABPL30060 | Urban Precinct Studio | No longer available | |
| ABPL30061 | Landscape Capstone Studio | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ABPL10006 | History of Landscape Design | No longer available | |
| ENVS20001 | Digital Design and Fabrication | No longer available | |
| ABPL30062 | Architecture in the Islamic World | No longer available | |
| ABPL30067 | Design Workshop | No longer available | |
| ABPL10004 | Global Foundations of Design | No longer available | |
| ABPL10005 | Understanding the Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30063 | AA Visiting School Undergraduate | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20042 | Construction of Residential Buildings | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL20053 | Construction of Concrete Buildings | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH10001 | Foundations of Design: Representation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PROP10001 | Economics and Cities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LARC10001 | Natural History for Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH20004 | Design Processes and Techniques |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONS10001 | Principles of Building | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP20002 | Design and Property Principles | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROP20003 | Design and Property Industry Studies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP20001 | Finance for Built Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PROP30002 | Sustainable Management of Design Assets | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30001 | Planning Scenario and Policy Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30004 | Environmental Design in Housing | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ABPL30057 | Asia Pacific Modernities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN20002 | Urban Design for People and Places | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN10002 | Introduction to Urban Planning | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LARC30002 | History of Landscape Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LARC20001 | Designing Living Systems | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ARCH30003 | Environmental Design- Commercial | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30004 | Transit Oriented Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN10001 | Cities Past and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PLAN30001 | Planning Scenario and Policy Workshop | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAN30003 | Research Methods for Planners | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT30022 | Indigenous Engineering and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | No longer available |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM10004 | Chemistry 2 |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CHEM20011 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM20018 | Chemistry: Reactions and Synthesis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM20019 | Practical Chemistry 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM20020 | Chemistry: Structure and Properties | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CHEM30012 | Analytical & Environmental Chemistry | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Ecology
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECOL20003 | Ecology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECOL30005 | Applied Ecology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ECOL30007 | Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Economics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON30011 | Economics of Energy & Transport Systems | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Engineering
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMP20005 | Intro. to Numerical Computation in C |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENEN20002 | Earth Processes for Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ENGR20003 | Engineering Materials and Mechanics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR20004 | Engineering Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CVEN30008 | Engineering Risk Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30009 | Structural Theory and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CVEN30010 | Geotechnical Modelling and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR30002 | Fluid Mechanics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGR10005 | Statics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Environmental Science
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVSC20001 | Leaves to Landscape | No longer available | |
| EVSC20002 | Soil and Water Resources | No longer available | |
| EVSC20004 | Blue Planet - Intro to Marine Biology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC30002 | Problem Solving in Environmental Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC30003 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC30006 | Ecology of Urban Landscapes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EVSC30007 | Landscape Ecosystem Project | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| FRST30002 | Fire in the Australian Landscape | No longer available |
Environments
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVS10004 | Designing Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10005 | Governing Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10006 | Mapping Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10007 | Urban Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10002 | Reshaping Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10003 | Constructing Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10010 | Property Environments | No longer available | |
| ENVS10011 | Productive Environments | No longer available |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENVS20001 | Digital Design and Fabrication | No longer available |
Geology
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERTH20001 | Dangerous Earth | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ERTH20002 | Environmental Geoscience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ERTH30001 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | No longer available |
Geography and Environmental Studies
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG10001 | Famine: The Geography of Scarcity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20001 | Environment and Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20002 | Landscapes and Environmental Change | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20003 | Environmental Politics and Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20010 | China in Transition | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENST20001 | Human Behaviour and Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20008 | Inside the City of Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30001 | Coastal Landforms and Processes | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30007 | China Field Class | Not available in 2025 | 25 |
| GEOG30019 | Sustainable Development | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOG30021 | The Disaster Resilient City | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30022 | Riverine Landscapes: Hydrology & Ecology | No longer available | |
| GEOG30023 | Global Climate Change in Context | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOG30025 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| GEOG20009 | Landscapes and Diversity | No longer available | |
| GEOG30024 | Africa: Environment, Development, People | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Geomatics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOM20013 | Applying Digital Infrastructure | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM20015 | Sensing and Measurement | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30009 | Imaging the Environment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30012 | Digital Infrastructure Systems Capstone | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOM30013 | Land Administration Systems | No longer available |
Horticulture and Botany
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORT20026 | Designing with Plants | No longer available | |
| HORT20027 | Greening Landscapes | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
| BOTA30004 | Vegetation Management and Conservation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Mathematics and Statistics
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAST10005 | Calculus 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST10006 | Calculus 2 |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST10007 | Linear Algebra |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST10012 | Introduction to Mathematics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST20005 | Statistics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST20006 | Probability for Statistics |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST20029 | Engineering Mathematics |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| MAST30025 | Linear Statistical Models | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Leadership and Professional Development
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT30014 | Leading Change in a Complex World | No longer available |
Links
http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/sample-course-plans-bachelor-environments
Last updated: 4 March 2025