Master of Environmental Science (coursework or coursework and dissertation) (72530)

The University of Western Australia

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UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.Environmental scientists assess the impact of human activity and develop scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable global environment.

An interdisciplinary approach to problem solving is essential in this field, meaning that both the biological and earth sciences and studies in environmental planning and management are integrated.

This course prepares students to deal with issues such as climate change, water resource management, sustainable natural resource use, and the rehabilitation of degraded or polluted environments.

Structure

KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Take all units (12 points):

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S1, S2 ENVT4421 Fundamentals of Environmental Management Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Environmental Science (72530) and completion of 24 points or 24 points of credit Co-requisites: ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science Incompatibility: ENVT4404 Environmental Planning and Management
S1, S2 ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science Prerequisites: enrolment in the Master of Environmental Science (72530) and completion of 24 points or 24 points credit. Co-requisites: ENVT4421 Fundamentals of Environmental Management TBC

For students in course by coursework only take 12 points.

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S2 ENVT5519 Professional Skills in Science Prerequisites: Enrolment in Master of Environmental Science (72530) or Master Agricultural Science (72510) Co-requisites: ENVT4421 Fundamentals of Environmental Management for students in Master of Environmental Science (72530), AGRI5402 Agribusiness for students in the Master of Agricultural Science
N/A ENVT5520 Environmental Science in Practice Prerequisites: ENVT5519 Professional Skills in Environmental Science 1x 2hr session per week contact by consultation as required

For student in course by coursework and dissertation only, take all units (24 points):

AVAILABILITY UNITCODE UNITNAME UNIT REQUIREMENTS CONTACT HOURS
S1, S2 SCIE5571 Dissertation Part 1 Prerequisites: enrolment in the Bachelor of Science (Honours)(BH004) in Agricultural Science, Environmental Science or Natural Resource Management ; completion of 144 points in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)(BH005); enrolment in Master of Environmental Science (72530) with a mark of at least 70% in ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science and a weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in at least 24 points of units completed within the course; or enrolment in the Master of Agricultural Science (72510) and a weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in at least 24 points of units completed within the course. Incompatibility: AGRI5560 Agricultural Economics Literature Review and Research Proposal, AGRI5509 Agricultural Sciences Masters Research Project Development, AGRI5551 Agricultural Sciences Masters Research Dissertation Part 1, AGRI4511 Agriculture Honours Research Project Development , AGRI5541 Agriculture Honours Research Dissertation Part 1, ENVT5011 Research Project in Environmental Science Part 1, SCIE4501 Science Research Dissertation Part 1 as required by supervisor
S1, S2 SCIE5572 Dissertation Part 2 Co-requisites: SCIE5571 Dissertation Part 1 as required by supervisor
S2 SCIE5573 Dissertation Part 3 Co-requisites: SCIE5572 Dissertation Part 2 as required by supervisor
S2 SCIE5574 Dissertation Part 4 Co-requisites: SCIE5573 Dissertation Part 3 as required by supervisor
Catchments and Water specialisation Environmental Economics specialisation Environmental Management specialisation Environmental Rehabilitation specialisation Marine and Coastal specialisation Sensing and Spatial Data Science specialisation

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

Entry requirements

4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(a) a bachelor's degree, or equivalent as recognised by UWA;

and

(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent;

and

(c) met the prerequisite for the chosen specialisation

(2) For the Environmental Management or Environmental Economics specialisations an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in either science, engineering, economics, natural resource management, urban and regional planning, or policy studies; or a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA

(3) For the Catchments and Water or Environmental Rehabilitation or Sensing and Data Science specialisations an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in either earth, environmental, engineering, biological or physical sciences; or a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA

(4) For the Marine and Coastal specialisation an applicant must have completed prior studies at a tertiary level in either marine, environmental, engineering, biological or physical sciences; or a related cognate discipline, as recognised by UWA

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