Bachelor of Science (Resource Management)/Diploma in Natural Resource Management

• General information
• Course structure
  • Course requirements
    • Level one*
    • Level two (based on new six-point subjects)
    • Level three (based on new six-point subjects)
    • plus at least four of
• Further information
• Completed applications

General information

Course Code: 2363 * 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 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.
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, Chisholm, Peninsula 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.

Course structure

Basic Structure of the double award course is:

Course requirements

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 ninety-six points from the Faculty of Science offerings.
2 The completion of the resource management major and supporting subjects selected from:

Level one*

• BIO1626 Cell biology
• CHM1011 Chemistry or CHM1616 Chemistry for biology
• CHM1022 Chemistry or CHM1639 Chemistry
• ENV1616 Environmental science 1 - the dynamic environment
• SCI1020 The design of science

plus six points from maths/statistics/physical science subjects.
*EXEMPTION FROM LEVEL-ONE SUBJECTS MAY BE GRANTED WHERE APPROPRIATE, IF EQUIVALENT SUBJECTS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED (OR ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN) FROM THE DIPLOMA COMPONENT OF THE COURSE.

Level two (based on new six-point subjects)

• BTH2766 Introductory microbiology
• CHM2736 Instrumental techniques
• ENV2726 Conservation of bioresources
• ENV2737 Environmental science 2 - resource management issues
• ENV2747 Soil science or ENV2757 Environmental health

Level three (based on new six-point subjects)

• ENV3737 Environmental management

plus at least four of

• BTH3797 Environmental microbiology
• ENV3726 Atmospheric processes
• ENV3647 Forest management
• ENV3656 Natural area management
• ENV3639 Global resources and energy management
• SCI3716 Laboratory and workplace management

3 One core subject

• SCI1020 The design of science

4 Students would then choose additional subjects to meet the minimum requirement 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.

Further information

For more detailed information about the double award courses, contact the School of Applied Sciences as follows:

• General information: Faculty of Science, Gippsland - Ms Lauren Burney (03) 9902 6844
• Double award courses: Dr Tony Patti (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

Completed applications are to be forwarded to Faculty of Science office, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, by 24 September 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.

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