Sustainability
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Unit of study table (Table S)
Sustainability major |
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| A major in Sustainability requires 48 credit points from this table including: |
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units |
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units |
| (iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units |
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core interdisciplinary project units |
| (v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units |
Sustainability minor |
| A minor in Sustainability requires 36 credit points from this table including: |
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units |
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units |
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units |
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core interdisciplinary project units |
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| SUST1001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 | |
| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
2000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| SUST2001 Sustainability and Society |
6 | P SUST1001 |
Selective |
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| ARHT2676 Planetary Art: Nature, Ecology, Environment |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies |
| CAEL2103 Visualisations: Art and Sustainability |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in CAVA or 12 credit points at 1000 level in CASF or (SUST1001 and ENVI1003) |
| CIVL5320 Engineering for Sustainable Development |
6 | N CIVL9320 |
| CHNG2805 Engineering for a Sustainable Society |
6 | A Mass and energy balances, physical chemistry, physics P CHNG1103 N CHNG1106 |
| COSC2002 Computational Modelling |
6 | A HSC Mathematics; DATA1002, or equivalent programming experience, ideally in Python N COSC1003 or COSC1903 or COSC2902 |
| COSC2902 Computational Modelling (Advanced) |
6 | A HSC Mathematics; DATA1002, or equivalent programming experience, ideally in Python P 48 credit points of 1000 level units with an average of 65 N COSC1003 or COSC1903 or COSC2002 |
| DAAE2012 Urbanism and the Global South |
6 | A DAAE1002 |
| DECO2016 Design Thinking |
6 | N DECO1006 |
| FMHU2000 Introduction to Research Methods in Health |
6 | N BACH2140 or HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 |
| GCST2631 Gender and Environment |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies |
| GEOS2111 Hazards, Climate Change and Disasters |
6 | P 6 credit points of 1000-level units from (GEOS1XXX or GEOL1XXX) N GEOS2911 |
| GEOS2911 Hazards, Climate Change and Disasters (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in (GEOS1XXX or GEOL1XXX) N GEOS2111 |
| GEOS2114 Volcanoes, Resources and Sustainability |
6 | P 6 credit points from (GEOS1XXX or GEOL1XXX) N GEOL2111 or GEOL2911 or GEOS2914 |
| GEOS2914 Volcanoes, Resources and Sustainability (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in (GEOS1XX or GEOL1XXX) N GEOS2114 or GEOL2001 |
| GEOS2121 Environmental and Resource Management |
6 | P GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or ECOP1X01 or SIEN1000 N GEOS2921 |
| GEOS2921 Environmental and Resource Management (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or ECOP1X01 or SIEN1000 N GEOS2121 |
| GOVT2228 Environmental Politics |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Politics or International Relations or Politics and International Relations or Environmental Studies N GOVT2208 |
| INFS2010 Digital Ethics and Compassionate Innovation |
6 | A INFS1000 or INFS1020 or INFO1000 or INFO1003 or INFO1903 |
| SCLG2000 Global Social Problems |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
| USSC2607 Climate Crisis in America |
6 | This unit of study is being developed, subject to change |
| SIEN2210 Strategic Management |
6 | P Completion of at least 40 credit points N WORK2210 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core & Interdisciplinary project unit
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| SUST3888 Sustainable Innovation |
6 | P 96 credit points of units of study |
Selective |
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| ACCT3016 Sustainability Management and Reporting |
6 | P ACCT2011 and (ACCT2012 or ACCT2019) |
| AGEN3008 Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge |
6 | P 72 credit points in 1000-3000 level units |
| SUCH3003 Green Engineering |
6 | A Completion of 72 credit points in science, engineering or equivalent |
| SUCH3009 Digital Circular Economy |
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| CIVL3310 Humanitarian Engineering |
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| CIVL5320 Engineering for Sustainable Development |
6 | N CIVL9320 |
| CLAW3209 The Environment, Law and Business |
6 | |
| ENVI3111 Environmental Law and Ethics |
6 | P ENVI2X22 N ENVI3911 |
| ENVI3911 Environmental Law and Ethics (Advanced) |
6 | P ENVI2X22 N ENVI3111 |
| ENVI3114 Energy and the Environment |
6 | A Junior Physics units or Intermediate Environmental Science units P 12 credit points of 2000-level units N ENVI3001 or PHYS3600 |
| FASS3500 Service Learning in Indigenous Communities |
6 | Departmental permission required |
| FILM3006 Cinematic Ecologies |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies |
| FMHU3001 Quantitative Research Methods in Health |
6 | P HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 or FMHU2000 N PSYC2012 or SCLG3603 or HSBH3018 |
| FMHU3002 Qualitative Research Methods in Health |
6 | P HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 or FMHU2000 N SCLG2602 or BACH4056 or HSBH3019 |
| GEOS3014 GIS for Land and Coastal Management |
6 | P Either 12 credit points of Intermediate Geoscience units or [(GEOS2115 or GEOS2915) and (BIOL2018 or BIOL2918 or BIOL2024 or BIOL2924 or BIOL2028 or BIOL2928)] N GEOS3914 or ENVX3001 |
| GEOS3914 GIS for Land and Coastal Management (Adv) |
6 | P Distinction average in either 12 credit points of Intermediate Geoscience units or [(GEOS2115 or GEOS2915) and (BIOL2018 or BIOL2918 or BIOL2024 or BIOL2924 or BIOL2028 or BIOL2928)] N GEOS3014 or ENVX3001 |
| GEOS3520 Urban Citizenship and Sustainability |
6 | P GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GOES2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012 N GEOS3920 |
| GEOS3920 Urban Citizenship and Sustainability (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012) N GEOS3520 |
| GEOS3524 Global Change, Sustainable Livelihoods |
6 | P GEOX2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVT2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16 or ENVI2X22 N GEOS3924 or GEOS2112 or GEOS2912 |
| GEOS3924 Global Change, Sustainable Livelihoods (Adv) |
6 | P A mark or 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVT2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16 or ENVI2X22) N GEOS3524 or GEOS2112 or GEOS2912 |
| GOVT3995 Politics and Environment: Current Issues |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Politics or 12 credit points at 2000 level in International Relations or 12 senior credit points from Government and International Relations N GOVT2615 |
| HSBH3001 Health and Indigenous Populations |
6 | P HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 or FMHU2000 or BACH1161 or HSBH1003 N NURS2008 |
| HSBH3003 Health Service Strategy and Policy |
6 | P (HSBH1007 or HSBH2007 or FMHU2000) or 12 credit points of 2000-level units of study |
| HSBH3004 Health, Ethics and the Law |
6 | P 48 credit points of units |
| HSBH3009 International Health |
6 | P 48 credit points of units N BACH3128 |
| HSBH3011 Rural Health |
6 | P 48 credit points of units |
| SIEN3001 Social Entrepreneurship |
6 | P Completion of 48 credit points N IBUS3108 |
| MKTG3122 Marketing and Sustainable Development |
6 | P MKTG1001 |
| MUSC3641 Music, Environment and Climate Change |
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| SIEN3204 Managing Organisational Sustainability |
6 | A WORK1004 or WORK2201 P Completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2219 or WORK3204 |
| WORK3207 Future of Work |
6 | A WORK1003 P Completion of at least 48 credit points N WORK2225 |
| WORK3210 Climate Change and Work |
6 | A WORK1003 and (WORK1004 or WORK2201) and WORK2203 and WORK2205 P Completion of at least 48 credit points |
Interdisciplinary Project Selective |
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| SCPU3001 Science Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | P 96 credit points C ANAT3888 or ANSC3888 or AVBS3888 or ANSC3888 or AMED3888 or BCMB3888 or BIOL3888 or CHEM3888 or COMP3888 or COMP3988 or DATA3888 or ENVI3888 or FMAT3888 or FOOD3888 or GEGE3888 or GEOG3888 or GEOL3888 or HPSC3888 or IMPA3888 or INFD3888 or MARS3888 or MATH3888 or MATH3888 or MEDS3888 or MCHM3888 or MICR3888 or MICR3988 or NUTM3888 or PCOL3888 or PHYS3888 or PHSI3888 or AGRI3888 or PLNT3888 or PSYC3888 or SOFT3888 or SOIL3888 or STAT3888 or SUST3888 or WILD3888 N HSBH3026 |
