The major in Resource and Environmental Management is designed for students seeking careers as environmental scientists and natural resource managers who will be able to meet the sustainability challenges and opportunities of this century. It is structured around a core of natural and social sciences courses, and links that set of knowledge and skills with a range of applications in environmental conservation and sustainable resource management. The major in Resource and Environmental Management emphasises experiential and field based learning, and combines broadly based environmental education with focused professional development and opportunities for specialisation. The flexible nature of the curriculum means that students are able to develop a version of the major tailored to their particular interests and goals; consult the convener for assistance in selecting courses for the major (and associated minor/s).
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
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Think critically about natural resource and environmental management issues, and integrate information and construct logical, consistent and synthesised arguments about these issues.
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Collect, analyse, interpret and present resource and environmental management data (including empirical field data, remotely sensed data and published literature) at a range of scales.
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Understand and contribute to the development and application of resource and environmental management techniques and policy in the Australian context.
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Discuss the principles of managing natural resources and the environment with practitioners and stakeholders such as land holders, extension officers, consultants and policy makers.
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Conduct research into a variety of aspects of resource and environmental management.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
18 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
ENVS1003 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS1004 Australia's Environment
ENVS3040 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS2002 Environmental Measurement, Modelling and Monitoring
ENVS2014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS2018 Environmental Science Field School
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS2007 Economics for the Environment
ENVS2011 Human Ecology
ENVS2013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS2025 Indigenous Cultural and Natural Resource Management
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS2001 Biodiversity Science: Wildlife, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
ENVS2004 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS2020 Water Science
ENVS2023 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS3007 Participatory Resource Management: Working with Communities and Stakeholders
ENVS3015 Essentials of Environmental Law
ENVS3028 Environmental Policy
ENVS3033 International Environmental Policy
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS3004 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS3005 Water Management
ENVS3008 Fire in the Environment
ENVS3011 Severe Weather
ENVS3013 Climatology
ENVS3014 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS3019 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS
ENVS3020 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS3039 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS3041 Managing Forested Landscapes
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