3902 - Master of Environmental Science
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | MEnvSc |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 054586M |
| Managing faculty | Arts |
| Study location and mode | On-campus (Clayton) |
| Duration (years) | 2 years FT, 4 years PT Minimum candidature for all research students is one year full-time or two years part-time. |
| Minimum grade for completion | The minimum pass grade for a masters thesis is 60 C (credit). |
| Postgraduate research component* | 100 per cent |
| Course coordinator | Dr Haripriya Rangan |
Description
Geography and Environmental Science is concerned with understanding dimensions, complexities and relationships of the physical, human and environmental world. The School has an active research program that provides research training and the foundations for interactions across a range of government, non-government and industry sectors. There are a number of broad research strengths within the School including:
- Urban and regional sustainability - associated with social, cultural, economic, environmental and political change across a range of scales (global to local); dealing with a range of activities (housing, economic development, resource management, sustainability) and contexts (Australia, Africa and Indo-Pacific Region)
- Short and long-term changes in climate, vegetation and the physical and human landscape
- The socio-political structures shaping human interactions with the biosphere and the exploration of the community governance of environmental and ecological change at the local, national and international scale
- Specialization in the archaeology of Aboriginal Australia and Torres Strait
- GIS and remote sensing, with strong emphasis on scientific applications to environmental and resource management, GIS for mapping and modelling in local government, transport and land use planning applications.
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Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.