Environmental Science
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Unit of study table (Table A)
Environmental Science program |
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| A program in Environmental Science requires 60 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 12 credit points of 2000-level program core units | ||
| (ii) A 48 credit point major in Environmental Science | ||
Environmental Science major |
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| This major is only available to students enrolled in the Environmental Science program. | ||
| A major in Environmental Science requires 48 credit points from this table including: | ||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units | ||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units | ||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level major core units | ||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level major selective units | ||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | ||
| (vi) 12 credit points of 3000-level disciplinary selective or interdisciplinary project selective units | ||
| (vii) 6 credit points of 3000-level interdisciplinary project 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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| CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A |
6 | N CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February, and online year-round, see https://sydney.edu.au/students/bridging-courses.html). |
| CHEM1111 Chemistry 1A |
6 | A Students are assumed to have prior experience through HSC (or equivalent) chemistry studies. For more information, see the Stage 6 HSC Chemistry Curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-science/chemistry-2017) Students who have not completed secondary school chemistry are strongly advised to instead complete Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A in the first semester of the calendar year (unless you require 12 credit points of Chemistry and are commencing in semester 2). You should also take the Chemistry Bridging Course in advance (offered in February, and online year-round https://sydney.edu.au/students/bridging-courses.html). |
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A Students are assumed to have prior experience through HSC (or equivalent) chemistry studies and have achieved greater than 80 for this subject. For more information, see the Stage 6 HSC Chemistry Curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-science/chemistry-2017) N CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 |
| CHEM1991 Chemistry 1A (Special Studies Program) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 |
Selective |
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| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
| GEOS1901 Earth, Environment and Society Advanced |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1001 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
2000-level units of study |
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Program core |
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| GEOS2116 Earth Surface Processes |
6 | P GEOS1XXX or ENVI1003 N GEOS2916 or GEOG2321 |
| GEOS2916 Earth Surface Processes (Advanced) |
6 | P Annual average mark of at least 70 N GEOS2116 or GEOG2321 |
| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
Major core |
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| ENSC2001 Environmental Monitoring |
6 | A Understanding of scientific principles and concepts including biodiversity, human impacts on the environment, properties of substances (e.g., acidity, alkalinity, solvents) and basic knowledge of statistics |
Major selective |
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| BIOL2022 Biology Experimental Design and Analysis |
6 | A BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX; and one first year statistics unit (such as ENVX1002, DATA1001, MATH1005, MATH1115) P BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX or ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or DATA1X01 or MATH1XX5 or ENVI1003 N BIOL2922 or BIOL3006 or BIOL3906 |
| BIOL2031 Plants and Environment |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6 N AGEN2005 or BIOL3043 or BIOL3943 or BIOL2931 |
| BIOL2032 Australian Wildlife Biology |
6 | N ANSC2005 or WILD2002 |
| ENVX2001 Applied Statistical Methods |
6 | P [6 credit points from (ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BIOM1003 or MATH1011 or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901)] or [3 credit points from (MATH1XX1 or MATH1906 or MATH1XX3 or MATH1907) and an additional 3 credit points from (MATH1XX5)] |
3000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| ENVX3001 Environmental GIS |
6 | P ENVI1003 or AGEN1002 or GEOS1XXX or BIOL1XXX or GEOS2X11 N GEOS3X14 |
Disciplinary Selective |
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| AVBS3004 Wildlife Conservation |
6 | P 12 credit points from (AVBS2XXX or BIOL2XXX or WILD2001 or GEGE2X01 or QBIO2XXX or BCMB2X01) N AVBS3003 or AVBS4003 |
| BIOL3004 Plant Ecosystem Management |
6 | A Students should have a basic understanding of plant biology, plant ecology and/or plant physiology. Some background knowledge in mathematics and chemistry would be beneficial P 6 credit points of BIOL2X23 or BIOL2X30 or GEOS2X21 or BIOL2X09 |
| ENVX3003 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling |
6 | A SOIL2005 or GEOS2116 or ENVI1003 or GEOS1001 or ENSC2001 P Completion of 72 credit points of units of study N LWSC3007 |
Interdisciplinary Project |
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| SCPU3001 Science Interdisciplinary Project |
6 | P 96 credit points C ANAT3888 or ANSC3888 or AVBS3888 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 |
| SOIL3888 Protecting the Soil Resource |
6 | P 96 credit points including SOIL2005 or GEOS2X16 N SOIL2004 |
