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Master of Tropical Environmental Management (MTEM23)
2011
1CM010:1CM510
MTEM23
FACULTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
HE
1.5 year/s
3 year/s
120
About the Course
Admission Requirements
Credit Transfer and Pathways
Course Structure
Recommended Study Plan
. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
Course Fees

Availability
No
Semester 1 , Semester 2
Semester 1 , Semester 2
Application for Admission Required

This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered
YearDelivery LocationSATAC CodeModeAdmin Location
2011Casuarina Campus1CM010:1CM510ICasuarina Campus
2011External Studies1CM010:1CM510ECasuarina Campus

Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.


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This course provides education and training for existing and future professionals on the background, principles and practices of tropical environmental management, particularly in the context of wet-dry and semi-arid tropical ecosystems. This externally and internally offered course focuses on developing knowledge and skills necessary to understand the ecology, use of and sustainable management of tropical ecosystems.

Specific objectives of this course include providing a program which is flexible and balanced between course work, hands-on training and research and caters to the needs of individual students. The program responds to the changing needs of employers and other stakeholders in northern Australia and elsewhere and flexible delivery caters to a broad range of students with the latest outcomes of research in tropical ecology and management incorporated into teaching materials.

Graduates of this course may seek employment in areas of research and environmental management.


See the Faculty of Education, Health and Science website at www.cdu.edu.au/ehs/science/mtem/ for further information.

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Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Successful completion of a recognised bachelors degree or equivalent majoring in one of the following: Biological Science, Environmental Science, Geography, Geographic Information, or other disciplines as deemed appropriate by the Dean of the Faculty of Education Health and Science or delegate; or successful completion of a Graduate Diploma or Honours degree in a discipline deemed appropriate.

For detail on English Language Entry Requirements please read the entry requirements provided for International students.


For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education



The structure consists of core units of study, a research project and elective units taken at a higher undergraduate level at Charles Darwin, or from postgraduate units offered by James Cook University, University of Queensland or elsewhere with the approval of the School of Environmental and Life Sciences.

Core units are: Statistical Methods for Impact Analysis, Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas, Natural Resources and Livelihoods (block mode unit), Landscape Ecology and GIS and Tropical Wetland Management.

Several units in this program include fieldwork. This ensures that students gain first-hand knowledge of biologically rich and diverse tropical ecosystems and meet senior professionals active in the field of environmental management as well as CDU academic staff. Students have the opportunity to undertake fieldwork in tropical savanna woodlands, monsoon rainforests, tropical wetlands and in the arid and semi-arid rangelands.

The research project involves supervision by Charles Darwin University staff members and students design, develop and implement a research project. Many of the projects are developed in collaboration with research and environmental management agencies, exposing students to professional practices in research and management.

Upon completion of this course, students may be eligible to commence a Masters of Science by Research or in exceptional circumstances a PhD program.

 

 

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 120 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core
(4 units)
40
Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points selected from the list of units detailed below.

SBI504 Statistical Methods for Impact Analysis
SBI506 Tropical Wetland Management
SBI507 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas
SES501 Landscape Ecology and GIS
WLM404 Natural Resources and Livelihoods
Specialist Electives
(4 units)
40
Specialist Elective units totalling 40 credit points selected from the list of availabile Specialist Elective units detailed below:

WLM300 Wildlife Management (includes a compulsory 4 day intensive in Darwin) or WLM400 Wildlife Population Management (no longer available as of 2010) 
SBI363 Organisms and Environmental Change
SBI401 Community Engagement for Biosecurity
LWA112 Environmental Law (replaces LWA012 from 2010)
SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity
SBI354 Ecological Restoration and Conservation
SID400 Professional Skills
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit) - Unit title for Study Period 2, 2010 is: Indigenous Land and Sea Management.
CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment
CRS350 Cultural Tourism
SES372 Landscape Analysis
SES371 Catchments to Coasts
PMO201 Project Management
L-COM21 Management Communication

Or other appropriate CDU units as discussed with the Course Coordinator

Or units from the School of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University.

Or units from the School of Natural and Rural Systems Management at the University of Queensland.

For further information on the School of Tropical and Environmental Studies and Geography (TESAG) program at James Cook University, see http://www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/ via Cross-Institutional Studies.

Cross-Institutional Studies allows you to study units at other universities and apply for credit towards your degree at Charles Darwin. Applications should be made using the JCU form
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/entry/forms/Application%20for%20Cross%20Institutional%20Enrolment%20SA11c.pdf

For further information on relevant postgraduate units offered by University of Queensland, see http://www.nrsm.uq.edu.au/ and for the cross-institutional application form see http://www.uq.edu.au/study/forms/enrolment/Cross-InstitApplic.pdf.
Research Units
40
Research Project totalling 40 credit points. Student may enrol in the full time or part time option as detailed below:

SBI550 Research Project #40 (for students undertaking the project FT over one semester)
SBI551 Research Project #20 (for students undertaking the project PT over two semesters)
120
Total Credit Points

Additional postgraduate units are offered by James Cook University www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/), or by the University of Queensland (see www.nrsm.uq.edu.au/).


COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2009 and 2010
Students who commenced this course prior to 2010 will note that there are some changes to course requirements and unit offerings:

  • WLM400 Wildlife Population Management has been replaced by WLM300 Wildlife Management
  • SBI304 Behavioural and Physiological Ecology of Animals was last offered in 2008

Students who have already completed the discontinued units are not required to complete the replacement units.


Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

  • Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
  • Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
  • Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.


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Students Commencing in Semester 1


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students enrolling in a reduced or part time load should use this table as a guide for planning an individual program of study.

The University reserves the right to finalise Study Plan up until 1 October 2010

Legend:CU = Common UnitCO = Core UnitSE = Specialist ElectiveE = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
SBI504 Statistical Methods for Impact Analysis
CO
SBI506 Tropical Wetland Management
CO
SBI507 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas
CO
SES501 Landscape Ecology and GIS
CO
Specialist Elective
SE
Specialist Elective
SE
Specialist Elective
SE
Summer Semester
WLM404 Natural Resources and Livelihoods (Summer Semester)
CO
Year 2
SBI550 Research Project #40
P
Note: WLM404 is a Summer Semester Unit and requires attendance on campus as an intensive unit.




Students Commencing in Semester 2


The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load. Students enrolling in a reduced or part time load should use this table as a guide for planning an individual program of study.


Legend:CU = Common UnitCO = Core UnitSE = Specialist ElectiveE = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
Specialist Elective
SE
SES501 Landscape Ecology and GIS
CO
SBI506 Tropical Wetland Management
CO
Specialist Elective
SE
Summer Semester
WLM404 Natural Resources and Livelihoods (Summer Semester)
CO
Calendar Year 2
SBI504 Statistical Methods for Impact Analysis
CO
SBI550 Research Project #40
P
SBI507 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas
CO
Specialist Elective
SE
Specialist Elective
SE
Note: WLM404 is a Summer Semester Unit and requires attendance on campus as an intensive unit.

 



Graduates may seek professional membership to associations such as the Australian Rangelands Society, Ecological Society of Australia (http://life.csu.edu.au/esa/) and Environment Institute of Australia (www.eisa.asn.au).

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Graduates of this course may seek employment in areas of research and environmental management.

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Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Full fee paying places are available in this course.
Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011
Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at  www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.
International course fees for are provided on the International Office Fee Schedule: www.cdu.edu.au/international/prospective/whatcanistudy/courses.html.

For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:
courses@cdu.edu.au
(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963

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