1. Handbook
  2. Bachelor of Environments
  3. Majors, Minors and Specialisations
  4. Landscape Ecosystem Management
  5. Structure

Landscape Ecosystem Management // Structure

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Structure

112.5 credit points

112.5 points of Landscape Management subjects.

Subject Options

The following description of the Landscape Management major aligns with the Study Plan Structure viewable on the Portal for students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments in 2015 or later.

The components within the structure of this major have been designed to enforce the requirements of both this specific major and of the course overall, e.g. the requirement that at least 62.5 points of Environments discipline subjects (which can include subjects taken within the major) are taken at each of Level 2 and Level 3.

PRE-2015 STUDENTS: Students who commenced the Bachelor of Environments prior to 2015 should refer to the handbook entry for the year they commenced in conjunction with the 2015 handbook listings for Environments elective and Breadth subject listings. View 2014 Bachelor of Environments Handbook entry here

Level 1 Optional Core (50 points)

In order to complete this major, you must enrol in the following subjects in your first year:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL10001 Biology of Australian Flora & Fauna
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ENVS10002 Reshaping Environments No longer available
ENVS10001 Natural Environments
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

And you must enrol in at least one of the following:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ENVS10007 Urban Environments No longer available
ENVS10005 Governing Environments No longer available
ENVS10011 Productive Environments No longer available

Landscape Management major - core subjects (75 points)

All of

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ECOL20003 Ecology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ENST20001 Human Behaviour and Environment
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
EVSC20005 Contested Resources No longer available
EVSC30007 Landscape Ecosystem Project
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

  • EVSC20001
  • EVSC20002

Major Electives & Environments Discipline subjects

Choose the total of

  1. 37.5 points of Major elective subjects;
  2. 37.5 points of Environments Discipline subjects

RULES:

Please note these rules when choosing the Major electives & Environments Discipline subjects below

  1. Must complete 50 points level 3 subjects

Major Electives (37.5 points)

Select from the list below

Code Name Study period Credit Points
HORT20026 Designing with Plants No longer available
GEOG20003 Environmental Politics and Management
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BOTA30004 Vegetation Management and Conservation
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
EVSC30006 Ecology of Urban Landscapes
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOM20013 Applying Digital Infrastructure
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HORT20027 Greening Landscapes Not available in 2024 12.5
FRST30001 Forest Systems
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
FRST30002 Fire in the Australian Landscape No longer available
FRST20014 Forests in a Global Context No longer available

Environments Discipline subjects (37.5 points)

Select from this list: Environments Discipline subjects

Breadth subjects and restrictions for Landscape Management major students

The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on an individual student’s choice of major. Subjects in the Handbook that are marked as available as breadth in the Bachelor of Environments may be subject to further restrictions, depending up which major a student is completing in that course. Detailed information on these Restrictions for Breadth Options is available.

Students undertaking the Landscape Management major are not permitted to take as breadth:

  • any Agricultural Science subjects (subject codes beginning AGRI)
  • any Biology subjects (subject codes beginning BIOL)
  • any Botany/Plant Science subjects (subject codes beginning BOTA)
  • any Earth Sciences subjects (subject codes beginning ERTH)
  • any Ecology subjects (subject codes beginning ECOL)
  • any Environmental Science subjects (subject codes beginning EVSC)
  • any Geography subjects (subject codes beginning GEOG)
  • any Geology subjects (subject codes beginning GEOL)
  • any Horticulture subjects (subject codes beginning HORT)

Notes

For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan see: http://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/sample-course-plans-bachelor-environments

Last updated: 6 August 2024