ENV3737

Environmental management

(SCI)

Associate Professor Martin Hooper

6 points + Second semester + 3 hours of lectures, one hour of tutorial and 2 hours of laboratory/fieldwork per week + Distance students undertake a 3-day residential school program + Gippsland, Malaysia, Distance + Prerequisite: ENV1616

Synopsis: This subject examines the role of government, industry and other stakeholders in environmental management. It introduces, examines, explains, analyses and applies the salient features of environmental management systems, associated tools including environmental auditing and improvement plans, and environmental impact assessment to industry and industrial development. It is concerned with best practice environmental management in an industrial setting, including the power industry and the mining industry. In the area of application, case studies are drawn more generally from a range of industries and there is an emphasis on air quality measurement, control and management.

Assessment: Major assignment (2,500 words): 25% + Minor assignment (1,000 words): 10% + Laboratory and field activity participation and reports: 20% + Examination (3 hours): 45%