Master of Natural Resource Management

The course consists of 96 points for the Master degree, the first 32 points comprise the Graduate Certificate exit point and the first 64 points comprise the Graduate Diploma exit point. Subjects can be substituted with the approval of the Courses Director,

Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Management (exit point)
Students select subjects (32 points) from the list below.
Note students wishing to exit with a graduate certificate level must choose only post-graduate subjects (i.e. code numbers >400) unless they have permission from the Courses Director.

AGR304 Agricultural Ecology
AGR475 Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Viewpoints
AGR512 Property and Catchment Planning
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO416 Conservation Biology
BIO461 Applied Ecological Conservation
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ECO356 Environmental Economics
ENM308 The Challenge of Sustainable Development
ENM415 Environmental Management of mine sites
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
ENM433 People in the Global Environment
ENM443 Resilience thinking and ESD
GEO303 Climatology
GEO305 Groundwater Hydrology and Management
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
LAW530 Environmental Law
PAD591 Public Sector Management
PKM307 Environmental Planning
PKM366 Site Survey and Design
PKM397 Heritage Site Management (16 points)
PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policy and Planning (16 points)
PKM466 Cultural Heritage Management
PKM562 Environmental Policy
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
REC405 Open Space Planning
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SPA405 Image Analysis
SPA406 GIS Applications
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS
SPA415 Principles of GIS

Graduate Diploma of Natural Resource Management (exit point)
Students select subjects (64 points) from the list below.
Note students wishing to exit with a graduate diploma can only have a maximum of 2 undergraduate subjects unless they have permission from the Courses Director.

AGR304 Agricultural Ecology
AGR475 Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Viewpoints
AGR512 Property and Catchment Planning
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO416 Conservation Biology
BIO461 Applied Ecological Conservation
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ECO356 Environmental Economics
ENM308 The Challenge of Sustainable Development
ENM415 Environmental Management of mine sites
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
ENM433 People in the Global Environment
ENM443 Resilience thinking and ESD
GEO303 Climatology
GEO305 Groundwater Hydrology and Management
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
LAW530 Environmental Law
PAD591 Public Sector Management
PKM307 Environmental Planning
PKM366 Site Survey and Design
PKM397 Heritage Site Management (16 points)
PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policy and Planning (16 points)
PKM466 Cultural Heritage Management
PKM562 Environmental Policy
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
REC405 Open Space Planning
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SPA405 Image Analysis
SPA406 GIS Applications
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS
SPA415 Principles of GIS

Master of Natural Resource Management
In addition to the subjects completed for the Graduate Diploma (exit point only) students will complete 3 more subjects from the pool and must select one of these as their 'capstone subject in their final year.
ENM309 Managing Projects and Resources
ENM413 The Principles and Practice of Field Ecology
SCI501 Special Topic
SPA501 Advanced GIS modelling

Enrolment pattern

A 'normal' part-time load for distance education is two subjects per semester.

Subjects offered in Session 30
Students select from the following subject list:

AGR475 Sustainable Agriculture: Issues and Viewpoints
AGR304 Agricultural Ecology
AGR512 Property and Catchment Planning
BIO416 Conservation Biology
BIO461 Applied Ecological Conservation
ENM308 The Challenge of Sustainable Development
ENM415 Environmental Management of mine sites
ENM433 People in the Global Environment
PKM397 Heritage Site Management (16 points)
PKM307 Environmental Planning
PKM562 Environmental Policy
REC405 Open Space Planning
SOC302 Environment and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SPA415 Principles of GIS
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS

Subjects offered in Session 60
Students select from the following subject list:

AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ECO356 Environmental Economics
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
ENM443 Resilience thinking and ESD
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
GEO303 Climatology
GEO305 Groundwater Hydrology and Management
LAW530 Environmental Law
PAD591 Public Sector Management
PKM398 Cultural Heritage Policy and Planning (16 points)
PKM466 Cultural Heritage Management
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
SPA405 Image Analysis
SPA406 GIS Applications

Subjects offered in Session 90
It is optional for students to undertake studies in this semester. The school offers a limited number of subjects.
Students may opt to exit after completion of 32 subject points with the Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Management qualification.

Students may opt to exit after completion of 64 subject points with the Graduate Diploma of Natural Resource Management qualification.

Additional enrolment for Masters qualification
In addition to the subjects completed for the Graduate Diploma (exit point only) students undertake a further 32 points where one subject must be either:
ENM309 Managing Projects and Resources
ENM413 The Principles and Practice of Field Ecology
SCI501 Special Topic
SPA501 Advanced GIS modelling

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