Bachelor of Sustainability

This course presents students with a unique opportunity to contribute to an emerging challenge that we all face - how to make our lives, livelihoods, communities, environments and spaces sustainable.

To meet this challenge society will need graduates, those with an awareness and understandings of disciplines from across environmental, social and economic domains.

The environmental domain covers the water, air and soil and the biota that inhabit them, while the economic domain deals with the financial and managerial aspects of business and resource decisions.

The social domain recognises that people are both the cause and solution to sustainability issues.

Students will receive practical and theoretical guidance in a set of skills that are essential for solving problems:

systems thinking, critical thinking, and decision-making, and will build personal attributes that will enable them to work in teams to generate new ideas, and new solutions.

Studies will include an emphasis on field-based exercises and workplace learning.

Students are required to complete 19 Core units and a Major, with three of the eight units from the Major already included in the Core program:

Year 1 - Semester 1

Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
SCI1001	Introduction to Sustainability	15
HST1183	Health, Society and Sustainability	15
GEO1150	Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process	15
Select 1 unit from:
SCC1123 ^	Chemistry for the Life Sciences	15
SCC1111 ^	General Chemistry	15

Note: Students who have completed Chemistry ATAR or equivalent should enrol in SCC1111 General Chemistry, all other students should enrol in SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences.

Year 1 - Semester 2

Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
SCI1185	Ecology	15
CSV1101	Introduction to Community Work	15
MAN1100	Management	15
ACC1100	Accounting I	15

Year 2 - Semester 1

Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
SCM2201 *	Soil and Land Processes	15
SCI2371	Sustainable Water	15
ACS2122	Aboriginal Perspectives on the Environment	15
Unit from Major	x 1	15

Year 2 - Semester 2

Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
MAN2610	Managing for Sustainability	15
CSV1102	Introduction to Social Analysis	15
MAN3810	Business Ethics	15
Unit from Major	x 1	15

Year 3 - Semester 1

Unit Code
Note: Students should select POL3110 Global Politics and the Environment if it is timetabled, otherwise select HIS2140 Slavery: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Global Economy.
POL3110 ^	Global Politics and the Environment	15
HIS2140 ^	Slavery: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Global Economy	15
SCI3307	Waste Management	15
Unit from Major	x 2	30

Year 3 - Semester 2

Unit Code	Unit Title	Credit Points
SCI3453	Sustainable Natural Resource Management	15
ECF3603	Environmental Economics	15
CCA3111	Preparation for Professional Life	15
Unit from Major	x 1	15

^ Core Option * Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.

Unit sets that can be studied as part of this course

Admission requirement (Band 3)

All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

AQF Cert IV;
Successfully completed 0.25 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
Special Tertiary Admissions Test;
University Preparation Course;
Indigenous University Orientation Course;
Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment; or
Experience Based Entry Scheme.

English Language requirement (Band 3)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
Special Tertiary Admissions Test;
IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0);
Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
University Preparation Course;
Indigenous University Orientation Course;
Aboriginal University Readiness Assessment;
AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree;
Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent); or
Other tests, courses or programs as defined in the Admissions Policy.

Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of interdependencies between human societies and environments, and sustainability; sustainability challenges and their drivers; and holistic systems thinking and complexity.
Apply disciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches and frameworks to identify and resolve sustainability challenges.
Think critically and creatively in designing and evaluating sustainable alternatives and envisioning sustainable futures
Address sustainability research questions by identifying, synthesising and applying appropriate knowledge and methods from diverse sources
Communicate with diverse groups in various sustainability contexts using a range of written, oral, visual and digital means.
Analyse values, knowledge, ethical positions and interests of different people and groups of people, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, within the context of global sustainability practice.
Work independently and collaboratively to participate in decision-making consistent with principles of sustainability
Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice in the context of sustainability.

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