Sustainability
Unit outlines will be available through 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.
| 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 |
Note: Students in the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability, Graduate Diploma in Sustainability or Master of Sustainability must take this unit in their first semester of study. 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 1 |
| 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 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| CSYS5020 Interdependent Civil Systems |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CSYS5030 Information Theory and Self-Organisation |
6 | A Competency in 1st year mathematics, and basic computer programming skills are assumed. Competency in 1st year undergraduate level statistics (for example, covering probabilities, conditional probabilities, Gaussian distribution, correlations, statistical significance/hypothesis testing and p-values). An exposure to linear algebra would be useful but not mandatory. |
Semester 2 |
| CSYS5040 Criticality in Dynamical Systems |
6 | A Mathematics at first-year undergraduate level. Some familiarity with mathematical and computational principles at an undergraduate university level (for example, differential calculus or linear algebra). Familiarity with a programming language at a beginners level for data analysis. |
Semester 2 |
| DESC9147 Sustainable Building Design Principles |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of building design |
Semester 1 |
| DESC9201 Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ECOP6108 Economic Management for Sustainability This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
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 This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
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 1a |
| 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 2b |
| GOVT6223 Topics in Environmental Politics This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
| IBUS5002 Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | N IBUS5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6011 New Business Opportunities and Startups This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points N IBUS5011 or WORK6112 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | A IBUS5002, or completion of at least 24 credit points |
Semester 2 |
| INFS5001 Project Management This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | N INFS6014 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ITLS5100 Transport and Infrastructure Foundations |
6 | N TPTM6241 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ITLS6103 Sustainable Transport Strategies This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ITLS6202 Sustainable Logistics and Procurement |
6 | C ITLS5020 or ITLS5000 or ITLS5250 or TPTM5001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| 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 This unit must be completed prior to commencing other law units of study. Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are recommended to undertake this unit. The unit is not available to students who have acquired an undergraduate law degree from Australia or another common law jurisdiction. 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). If you are 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 September Session 1 Early Census Session 2 Early Census |
| MKTG5001 Foundation in Marketing |
6 |
Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| 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 |