Graduate Certificate of Spatial Science

Charles Darwin University

About

The Graduate Certificate in Spatial Science complements your current science qualifications and will further develop your professional skill set.

This course is designed for professionals, across a wide-range of vocations, seeking to gain expertise in spatial science at postgraduate level.

This stand-alone course belongs to a pathway between graduate certificate, graduate diploma and Master of Environmental Management.

You are not expected to have previous experience in the spatial science field;

however, if you do have some background, the repeatable placement unit allows the inclusion of project work in the unit selection.

Structure

Specialist Electives(4 units) - 40cp

Specialist Elective units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below.

ENV502 Remote Sensing ENV506 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling (assumed knowledge is ENV508) ENV508 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking (new title 2018) ENV518 Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data (assumed knowledge is ENV502) (new title 2018) SID500 Professional Practice in Environmental Management (repeatable)

- 40cp

Total Credit Points

Entry requirements

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor or a higher qualification in a relevant field, such as biological science, earth science, environmental engineering, environmental science, geography, geographic information, sustainability studies or other disciplines as deemed appropriate. Applicants who hold a degree not in the disciplines listed above may be considered on the basis of relevant professional experience and may be requested to submit a curriculum vitae (CV).

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