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Sustainability

Unit of study table (Table S)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 8 August 2024.
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Sustainability major

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

1000-level units of study

Core
SUST1001
Introduction to Sustainability

6  
ENVI1003
Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate

6 N AGEN1002

2000-level units of study

Core
SUST2001
Sustainability and Society

6 P SUST1001
Selective
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 A CIVL3310 or CIVL9310
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
Managing Information in Organisations
6 A INFS1000 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

Core & Interdisciplinary project unit
SUST3888
Sustainable Innovation

6 P 96 credit points of units of study
Selective
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 cp in science, engineering or equivalent
SUCH3009
Digital Circular Economy

6  
CIVL3310
Humanitarian Engineering

6

CIVL5320
Engineering for Sustainable Development

6 A CIVL3310 or CIVL9310
CLAW3209
The Environment, Law and Business

6  
ENVI3111
Environmental Law and Ethics

6 A ENVI2x22
P 12 credit points of 2000-level units of study
N ENVI3911
ENVI3911
Environmental Law and Ethics (Advanced)
6 A ENVI2x22
P An average mark of 75 or above across (12 credit points of 2000-level units of study)
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 12cp 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 12cp 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 Cred 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
6  
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
SCPU3001
Science Interdisciplinary Project
6 P 96 credit points
N HSBH3026

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
22/11/2023 Assumed knowledge (A) for ACCT3016 published as:
A Completion of the stated prerequisites will be sufficient for students to perform at the expected academic level for a 3000 level UoS
Assumed knowledge (A) for ACCT3016 removed:
19/02/2024 Prerequisites (P) for GEOS3924 published as:
P A mark or 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVET2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16 or ENVI2X22)
Prerequisites (P) for GEOS3924 amended to:
P A mark or 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVT2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16 or ENVI2X22)
4/04/2024 Prerequisites for CIVL5320 published as:
P CIVL3310 OR CIVL9310
Prerequisites for CIVL5320 removed.
4/04/2024 Assumed knowledge missing for CIVL5320. Assumed knowledge for CIVL5320 added:
A CIVL3310 OR CIVL9310
8/08/2024 SUST2001 was listed as a future unit not yet available for enrolment. SUST2001 is now available for enrolment.
3/09/2024 Unit name for SUST2001 published as:
Social Dimensions of Sustainability
Unit name for SUST2001 amended to:
Sustainability and Society
3/09/2024 Prerequisites (P) missing for SUST2001. Prerequisites (P) for SUST2001 amended to:
SUST1001