Sustainability
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Errata
| item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
The following unit has been cancelled for 2020: PHYS4801 Industrial Ecology |
13/03/2020 |
| 2. |
The Corequisite SUST5001 has been removed from the following units: SUST5002 Food and Water Security |
18/03/2020 |
| 3. |
The following unit has been cancelled for 2020: PHYS4802 Quantitative Disaster Analysis |
18/05/2020 |
| 4. |
The following unit has been cancelled for 2020: |
30/06/2020 |
| 5. |
Sessions have changed for the following unit. S2C Semester 2 Session has been closed. A new S2CRB Semester 2B Session has been opened. GEOG5004 Environmental Mapping and Monitoring |
28/07/2020 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Sustainability |
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Graduate Certificate in Sustainability |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 12 credit points of core units of study including; | |||
| (i) 6 credit points from core units, and | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points from additional core units | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining core units of study or elective units of study. | |||
Graduate Diploma in Sustainability |
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| Students must complete 48 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 36 credit points of core units of study, including; | |||
| (i) 6 credit points from core units, and | |||
| (ii) 30 credit points from additional core units | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining core units of study or elective units of study. | |||
Master of Sustainability |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 36 credit points of core units of study, including; | |||
| (i) 6 credit points from core units | |||
| (ii) 30 credit points from additional core units | |||
| (b) 12 credit points of elective units of study from the remaining core units of study or elective units of study; and | |||
| (c) 24 credit points of Capstone experience units of study. | |||
Core Unit |
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| SUST5001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 |
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Additional Core Units |
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| SUST5002 Food and Water Security |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay and blog writing and group work. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5003 Energy and Resources |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| SUST5004 Sustainable Development and Population Health |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 2 |
| SUST5005 Law, Policy and Sustainability |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Intensive October |
| SUST5006 Sustainability: Business and Leadership |
6 | C SUST5001 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Capstone Experience Units |
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| SUST5007 Research Project A |
24 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 N SUST5008 or SUST5009 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5008 Research Project B |
12 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 N SUST5007 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5009 Research Project C |
12 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001, SUST5002, SUST5003, SUST5004, SUST5005, SUST5006, PHYS5031 N SUST5007 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Elective Units |
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| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management |
6 | A ENVX3001 and SOIL3004. |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues. |
Semester 2 |
| ARCH9080 Urban Ecology, Design and Planning |
6 | N PLAN9048 |
Semester 2 |
| BETH5203 Ethics and Public Health |
6 | N BETH5206 If an insufficient number of students opt to attend intensives on campus, the coordinator may choose to teach this unit of study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 2 |
| DESC9147 Sustainable Building Design Principles |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of building design |
Semester 1 |
| DESC9148 Sustainable Building Design Practice |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of sustainable design P DESC9201 |
Semester 1 |
| DESC9201 Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 |
This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney. |
Semester 1 |
| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPC5022 Design for Learning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| EDPC5024 Systems, Change and Learning |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENVI5705 Ecological Principles |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 1 |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENVI5801 Social Science of Environment |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 2a |
| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit of study involves additional costs. |
Intensive July |
| GEOG5001 Geographic Information Science A |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 1 |
| GEOG5004 Environmental Mapping and Monitoring |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics. |
Semester 2 |
| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| IBUS5002 Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
6 | N IBUS5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6005 Ethical International Business Decisions |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| IBUS6011 New Business Opportunities and Startups |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points N IBUS5011 or WORK6112 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points |
Semester 2 |
| IBUS6023 Engaged Entrepreneurship Projects This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P IBUS5002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS5001 Project Management |
6 | N INFS6014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| INFS6022 Systemic Sustainable Development This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | A Understanding the major functions of a business and how those business functions interact internally and externally so the company can be competitive in a changing market. How information systems can be used and managed in a business. How to critically analyse a business and determine its option for transformation. Desirable Experience as a member of a project team. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 and law graduates from a common law jurisdiction This unit must be completed prior to commencing other elective units. It is important to enrol well in advance of classes in order to complete pre-class readings (normally available to enrolled students 3 weeks prior to the first class). Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are also recommended to undertake this unit. If you have missed the enrolment deadline or unable to enrol in the unit in Sydney Student https://sydneystudent.sydney.edu.au/sitsvision/wrd/SIW_LGN, please contact law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive March Intensive September |
| MKTG5001 Marketing Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| NURS5002 Social Contexts of Health |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
Intensive August |
| PHYS4801 Industrial Ecology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PHYS4802 Quantitative Disaster Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHYS5032 Techniques for Sustainability Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 2 |