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 units 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
off-campus distributed learning. 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.
The basic structure of the double award course is:
University (% of year's work) |
TAFE (% of year's work) | |
Year 1 |
25 (12 credit points) |
75 |
Year 2 |
50 (24 credit points) |
50 |
Year 3 |
50 (24 credit points) |
50 |
Year 4 |
100 (48 credit points) |
- |
In
this double award, students must undertake 108 points of university studies
which must be chosen in a manner that satisfies 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
units selected from:
plus six
points from maths/statistics/physical science units.
* EXEMPTION FROM LEVEL-ONE UNITS MAY BE GRANTED WHERE APPROPRIATE, IF
EQUIVALENT UNITS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED (OR ARE BEING UNDERTAKEN)
FROM THE DIPLOMA COMPONENT OF THE COURSE.
plus at least four of
3. One core unit
4. Students would then
choose additional units to meet the minimum requirement of 108 points from
university-accredited units.
Information on the TAFE requirements for this double award is available from
the relevant Institute of TAFE partner. Where there is equivalent course
content between units taken in the TAFE associate diplomas or diploma, students
may not take the equivalent unit in the degree.
For more detailed information about this double award, contact the Faculty of Science Office, Gippsland, telephone (03) 9902 6431 or fax (03) 9902 6931.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to Faculty of Science Office, Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842, by 21 September 2001 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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