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This double award is offered in conjunction with East Gippsland, Chisholm and
Northern Melbourne Institutes of TAFE. The degree component is available by
distance education. Most of the TAFE diploma components are available in
flexible delivery mode.
Berwick/Gippsland campus
HECS fees applicable for university component. Fees for TAFE components
separately charged.
Attendance is compulsory for some laboratory based subjects in the University
component. Attendance is compulsory for TAFE modules which are not available in
flexible delivery mode.
This
course has been designed to prepare students to work at a professional level in
the management and utilisation of resources and the environment, particularly
natural resources, with an emphasis on best practice and sustainability.
Students are provided with a wide range of analytical, monitoring and
management skills. It enables students to undertake concurrently the Bachelor
of Science (Resource Management) Degree from Monash University and the Diploma
of Natural Resource Management from various Technical and Further Education
Institutes including East Gippsland, Casey/Peninsular and Northern Melbourne
Institutes of TAFE.
This cross sectorial course commonly referred to as a double award course
provides students with the opportunity to combine the applied 'hands on',
vocational and practical aspects of TAFE, with the more theoretical, discipline
based course available from the University. The double award, if taken full
time, is a four year program.
Basic Structure of the double award course is:
University |
TAFE | |
Year 1 |
25 (12 credit points) |
75 |
Year 2 |
50 (24) |
50 |
Year 3 |
50 (24) |
50 |
Year 4 |
100 (48) |
In
this double award, students must undertake 108 points of University studies
which must be chosen in a manner which satisfy the structural requirements of
the double award. For the BSc(ResMgmt)/DipNatResMgmt, students will be required
to complete the following studies:
(1) A minimum of 96 points from the Faculty of Science offerings.
(2) The completion of the resource management major and supporting
subjects selected from:
plus 6 points from Maths/Statistics subjects.
*Exemption from Level 1 subjects may be granted where appropriate, if
equivalent subjects have been successfully completed (or are being undertaken)
from the Diploma component of the course.
(3) 2 points of core subjects
(4) Students would then
choose additional subjects to meet the mimium reequirement of 108 points from
university accredited subjects.
Information on the TAFE requirements for this double award is available from
the relevant Institute of TAFE partners. Where there is equivalent course
content between subjects taken in the TAFE associate diplomas or diploma,
students may not take the equivalent subject in the degree.
For more detailed information about the double award courses, contact the School of Applied Sciences as follows:
School administrative officer -- Mrs Lauren Burney (03) 9902 6844
Dr Tony Patti (03) 9902 6478 -- Gippsland campus or (03) 9904 7039 -- Berwick campus
Email
addresses for all of the above are:
firstname.lastname@sci.monash.edu.au
Fax: (03) 9902 6738 or (03) 9904 7037
Completed applications are to be forwarded to School Administration, School of Applied Sciences, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 18 September 1998 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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