Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Masters Qualifying in Environmental Science with a research component

Course code: 1988 + Mid-year entry available + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton)
Coordinator: Stephen Legg

Course description

This course has been designed as the preliminary qualification for entry into the Master of Environmental Science by coursework and research. It provides for students seeking a program that offers a rigorous introduction to the thinking and methods required to undertake the Master of Environmental Science by coursework and research and offers an intensive introductory training in team and individual research.
For further information on research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under `Research programs'.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have a three-year bachelors degree or equivalent in any discipline with a credit average in the final year of their undergraduate degree. Preference will be given to applicants with at least two years of suitable experience.

Course structure

Students complete 48 points of coursework, including a 24-point research project.

Core units

• ENV4020 Perspectives on environment and sustainability (6 points)
• ENV403C Interdisciplinary team research (6 points)

and

• ENV4040 Frontiers in sustainability and environment (6 points)

and

• ENV405C Research project (24 points)

Electives

• An approved elective unit to the value of 6 points.

If the student's previous background does not provide knowledge in particular areas, it would be chosen from:

• ENV414F Ecological systems and management (6 points)
• GES4890 Earth system interactions: from biogeochemical cycles to global change (6 points)
• ENV415F Law and the environment (6 points)
• ENV416F Introduction to economics (6 points)

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