Sustainability
Unit of study table
Graduate Certificate in Sustainability |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points, including: |
| (a) 6 credit points of core units of study; |
| (b) 6 credit points of selective units of study; and |
| (c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study. |
Graduate Diploma in Sustainability |
| Students must complete 48 credit points, including: |
| (a) 6 credit points of core units of study; |
| (b) 30 credit points of selective units of study; and |
| (c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study. |
Master of Sustainability |
| Students must complete 72 credit points, including: |
| (a) 6 credit points of core units of study; |
| (b) 30 credit points of selective units of study; |
| (c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study; and |
| (d) 24 credit points of Capstone experience units of study. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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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. |
Selective 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis |
6 | |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 | Minimum class size of 5 students. |
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 or PHYS5033 N SUST5008 or SUST5009 |
| 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 or PHYS5033 N SUST5007 |
| SUST5009 Research Project C |
12 | P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 or PHYS5033 N SUST5007 |
Elective units |
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| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management |
6 | A Basic GIS knowledge |
| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management |
6 | |
| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues |
| ARCH9080 Urban Ecology, Design and Planning |
6 | |
| BETH5203 Public Health Ethics |
6 | N BETH5206 |
| CSYS5020 Interdependent Civil Systems |
6 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| DESC9147 Sustainable Building Design Principles |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge of building design |
| DESC9201 Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) |
6 | |
| DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty |
6 | |
| ECOP6108 Economy-Environment Sustainability |
6 | |
| EDPC5024 Systems, Change and Learning |
6 | |
| ENVI5705 Ecological Principles |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | |
| ENVI5801 Social Science of Environment |
6 | |
| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| GEOG5001 Geographic Information Science A |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| GEOG5004 Environmental Mapping and Monitoring |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | |
| GOVT6316 The Politics of Policy Making |
6 | |
| GOVT6331 Public Management and Governance |
6 | |
| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
| HPOL5007 Global Health Policy |
6 | |
| INFS6071 Project Management in Business |
6 | |
| ITLS5100 Transport and Infrastructure Foundations |
6 | N TPTM6241 |
| ITLS6103 Transport, Sustainability and Health |
6 | |
| ITLS6202 Sustainable Logistics and Procurement |
6 | C ITLS5020 or ITLS5000 or ITLS5250 or TPTM5001 or SUST5001 N ITLS6003 |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 | |
| LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System |
6 | N LAWS6881 Students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in this unit prior to commencing other law units of study. Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are strongly recommended to undertake this unit. This unit is not available to students who have acquired a law degree from Australia or another common law jurisdiction. |
| MKTG5001 Foundation in Marketing |
6 | |
| PACS6914 Conflict-Resolving Media |
6 | N SCWK6935 |
| PHYS4801 Industrial Ecology |
6 | |
| PHYS4802 Quantitative Disaster Analysis |
6 | |
| PHYS5032 Techniques for Sustainability Analysis |
6 | Minimum class size of 5 students. |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 | Minimum class size of 5 students. |
| SIEN6002 Managing Sustainability |
6 | N WORK6033 |
| SIEN6005 Social Entrepreneurship |
6 | N IBUS6016 |
| SIEN6006 Entrepreneurship |
6 | |
| SIEN6007 Entrepreneurship: Lean Startup |
6 | N IBUS6011 |
