Master of Water 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 Coordinator

Graduate Certificate in Water 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 of the Courses Director

AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO401 River and Floodplain Ecology
BIO402 River Restoration and Protection
BIO480 Ecology and Conservation of Waterbirds
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ECO356 Environmental Economics
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
ENM413 Field Study in Environmental Management
ENM309 Environmental Management – Administration and Practice
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
GEO513 River Hydrology and Geomorphology
IRR200 Principles of Irrigation
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
SCI301 International Practical Experience
SPA415 Principles of GIS
SPA406 GIS Applications
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS

Graduate Diploma of Water 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 of the Courses Director

AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO401 River and Floodplain Ecology
BIO402 River Restoration and Protection
BIO480 Ecology and Conservation of Waterbirds
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ECO356 Environmental Economics
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
ENM309 Environmental Management – Administration and Practice
ENM413 Field Study in Environmental Management
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
GEO513 River Hydrology and Geomorphology
IRR200 Principles of Irrigation
IRR402 Critical Factors in Irrigation
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
SCI301 International Practical Experience
SPA415 Principles of GIS
SPA406 GIS Applications
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS
SPA512 Cartography & Data Visualisation

Master of Water Resource Management
In addition to the subjects completed for the Graduate Diploma (exit point only) students will complete
ENM433 People in the Global Environment
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management
PKM562 Environmental Policy
Restricted Elective (to be selected from the Subject Pool)

Subjects from the Master of Water Resource Management course may be undertaken in the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma exit points at the discretion of the Courses Director.

Subjects from the Master of Water Resource Management course may be substituted with subjects from the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma list of subjects, or other related courses, at the discretion of the Courses Director.

Enrolment pattern

By part-time Distance Education study.

Subjects offered in Session 30
Students select 16 points from the following subject list:
BIO401 River and Floodplain Ecology
BIO480 Ecology and Conservation of Waterbirds
ECO356 Environmental Economics
GEO513 River Hydrology and Geomorphology
IRR200 Principles of Irrigation
SCI301 International Practical Experience
SPA415 Principles of GIS
SPA414 Current Issues in GIS
SPA512 Cartography & Data Visualisation

Subjects offered in Session 60
Students select from the following subject list:
AHT404 Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
BIO402 River Restoration and Protection
BIO521 Restoration Ecology
ENM309 Environmental Management – Administration and Practice
ENM422 Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
GEO360 Catchment Management through Community Development
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
ENM413 Field Study in Environmental Management
SCI301 International Practical Experience
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 Water Resource Management qualification.

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

Additional enrolment for Masters qualification
Year 3
Session 1
PKM562 Environmental Policy
ENM433 People in the Global Environment
Session 2
Restricted Elective (selected from the Subject Pool)
LAW530 Environmental Law and Management

Articulation

The Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower level course.

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