Undergraduate - Area of study Society, cities and sustainability

Minor in society, cities and sustainability

Students completing a minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in society, cities and sustainability must complete four units (24 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1309 The global challenge
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) additional elective units from the list below (12 points)

Note: Students can take the second-year cornerstone units from the major as electives.

Major in society, cities and sustainability

Students completing a majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) in society, cities and sustainability must complete eight units (48 points), including:

(a.) two first-year gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

• ATS1309 The global challenge
• ATS1310 Extreme earth! Natural hazards and human vulnerability

(b.) at least two second-year cornerstone unitscornerstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS2780 Geographical analysis

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS2547 Cities and sustainability*
• ATS2628 Power and poverty: International development in a globalised world**

(c.) at least two third-year capstone unitscapstone units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

(i.) students must complete:

• ATS3787 Research methods in geography environment and sustainability

(ii.) plus one of:

• ATS3283 Sharing prosperity*
• ATS3554 Resource evaluation and management

(d.) additional elective units from the list below (12 points)

A minimum of three units (18 points) must be completed at third-year level.

Note: Students can take the remaining cornerstone and capstone units as electives.

* This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

** This unit is also a cornerstone unit for international studiesinternational studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/international-studies/ug-arts-international-studies.html). Students completing a major in society, cities and sustainability and a major in international studies need to choose a different cornerstone unit for each major. A unit cannot be counted twice towards different majors.

Elective units

Highly recommended units

• ATS2548 Environmental policy and management
• ATS2778 Public spaces and city life
• ATS3259 Geographical information systems (GIS) for environmental management
• ATS3281 Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy*
• ATS3546 Environmental assessment and decision making
• ATS3551 Field studies in urban sustainability**
• ATS3552 Remote sensing of the environment
• ATS3553 Field studies in regional sustainability**
• ATS3556 Urbanisation and regional development in the Indo-Pacific rims
• ATS3791 Environmental change: Past to future***
• ATS3887 Designing urban futures: Urban climate, water and adaptation
• ATS3902 Geopolitics of climate change

Additional elective units

• ATS2386/ATS3386 Paradise lost? Sustainability and Australia
• ATS2633 Global cities: Past, present and future
• ATS2871 Environmental ethics
• ATS2946 Critical thinking: How to analyse arguments and improve your reasoning skills
• ATS3626 Global disasters: Impact, inquiry and change
• ATS3639 Poverty, ecology and international justice
• MGC2950 Managing for sustainability****

* Field study unit in Italy. This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

** Field study unit in South Africa. This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

*** This unit will require payment of an additional fee that may cover items such as accommodation, entry fees, excursions, coaches, transfers, flights and university administration.

**** Note: This unit does not count towards the 96 points in Arts required in a double degree.