A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.

Unit type	Credit Points	Specific requirements
Common (2 units)	20	Units totalling 20 credit points selected from Common Units available (e.g. units coded with a prefix of "CUC"). Students must complete the compulsory regional and indigenous issues unit (CUC107) and one of the two academic skills units. CUC107 Northern Perspectives (compulsory) Plus either: CUC100 Academic Literacies or CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.
Core (6 units)	60	Compulsory Core units totalling 60 credit points as detailed below: CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law SBI106 The Diversity of Life SBI201 Introductory Ecology SBI240 Environmental Issues SES101 Earth Systems
Specialist Electives (6 units)	60	Specialist Elective Units totalling 60 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below: TROPICAL AND ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies SBI264 Environmental Physiology Plus 1 unit (10 credit points) selected from: SCH101 Chemical Concepts or SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A Plus 3 units (30 credit points) selected from: SES220 Geographic Information Systems 1 SBI363 Organisms and Environmental Change SBI354 Ecological Restoration and Conservation SBI265 Ecosystems and Biodiversity SES360 Field Studies in Tropical and Desert Landscapes (runs in Study Period 2) WLM300 Wildlife Management (includes a compulsory 4 day intensive in Darwin) SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit) SCH225 Environmental Chemistry NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Specialisation CIK210 Indigenous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit) - Unit title for Study Period 2, 2010 is: Indigenous Land and Sea Management. SES220 Geographic Information Systems 1 Plus 3 units (30 credit points) selected from: CIK300 Transacting Cultures: Communication and Negotiation (last offered in 2008) or CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation L-ECO22 Environmental Economics PMO201 Project Management SBI263 Fire Ecology and Management in North Australia SES372 Landscape Analysis SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity SES201 Introduction to Remote Sensing SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)
Electives (10 units)	100	Units totalling 100 credit points selected from units offered by the University. Students may select additional units from one of the approved sequences as electives if desired.
	240	Total Credit Points

Of the total 240 credit points:
· Not more than 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units
· A minimum of 40 credit points must be taken from 300 level units
· Not more than 30 credit points shall be included with a grade of "PT" or "PC" or "PS"

COURSE CHANGES and TRANSITION arrangements - 2009

Students who transferre into this course from the Bachelor of Environmental Science (BES22) should not the following:

• Students who completed SBI345 can count this unit towards the TROPICAL AND ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.  2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load.  Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.

When designing an individual study plan:

♦    ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;

♦    maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and

♦    check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level.  200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI264.

Elective units may be selected from any undergraduate higher education unit on offer (in any discipline) or from Specialist Elective units not already completed. Schedules of Specialist and Elective units are provided below to assist students plan a program of study to meet their individual needs.

Legend:

CU = Common Unit

CO = Core Unit

SE = Specialist Elective

E = Elective

TROPICAL AND ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Year 1
CUC100 Academic Literacies Or CUC106 Design And Innovation: Communicating Technology	CU	CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	Elective 1	E
Either: SCH101 Chemical Concepts Or SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A	SE	Elective 2	E
Year 2
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
Elective 3	E	SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies	SE
Elective 4	E	SBI264 Environmental Physiology	SE
Elective 5	E	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Year 3
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE	Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Elective 6	E	Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Elective 7	E	Elective 9	E
Elective 8	E	Elective 10	E

SPECIALIST ELECTIVE choices for the Tropical and Arid Ecology specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
3 specialist elective units (30cp) selected from:
SES220 Geographic Information Systems 1 SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit) SES360 Field Studies in Tropical and Desert Landscapes (runs in Study Period 2)	SE	SBI265 Ecosystems and Biodiversity SBI354 Ecological Restoration and Conservation SBI363 Organisms and Environmental Change WLM300 Wildlife Management (includes a compulsory 4 day intensive in Darwin) SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	SE

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE units for Tropical and Arid Ecology specialisation
Students are able to choose electives from any undergraduate units offered by the University, including any Specialist Elective not already taken.
The following are provided as additional elective choices.

Semester 1		Semester 2
SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes SCH225 Environmental Chemistry CIK102 Indigenous Knowledges and Experience: Discovery and Colonisation CIK200 Contested Knowledges CIK220 Arctic to Uluru: Comparative Studies in Indigenous Policy CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E	SBI105 The Life Of Cells SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry SBI322 DNA Analysis and Profiling (unit runs in Semester 3) SES371 Catchments to Coasts CIK210 Arctic to Uluru: Comparative Studies in Indigenous Policy CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations LWB013 Indigenous Peoples And Property Law SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit) (all students enrolling in the 2009 SP2 intensive offering will undertake the project "Australian Aboriginal Song and Dance") CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations SWK350 Field Placement CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Year 1
CUC100 Academic Literacies Or CUC106 Design And Innovation: Communicating Technology	CU	CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	Elective 2	E
Elective 1	E	Elective 3	E
Year 2
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SES220 Geographic Information Systems 1	SE	CIK210 Indigneous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country	SE
Elective 4	E	Specialist Elective (s ee choices below)	SE
Elective 5	E	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Year 3
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	SE	Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Elective 6	E	Specialist Elective(see choices below) or Elective 7	SE/E
Specialist Elective(see choices below) or Elective 7	SE/E	Elective 9	E
Elective 8	E	Elective 10	E

SPECIALIST ELECTIVE choices for the Natural Resource Management specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
3 specialist elective units (30cp) selected from:
SES201 Introductory Remote Sensing SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity L-ECO22 Environmental Economics SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit) CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation	SE	PMO201 Project Management SBI263 Fire Ecology and Mangement in North Australia SES372 Landscape Analysis (Not offered until 2009) CIK300 Transacting Cultures: Communication and Negotiation SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	SE

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE units for Natural Resource Management specialisation
Students are able to choose electives from any undergraduate units offered by the University, including any Specialist Elective not already taken.
The following are provided as additional elective choices.

Semester 1		Semester 2
CIK200 Contested Knowledges CIK220 Arctic to Uluru: Comparative Studies in Indigenous Policy CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E	SBI105 The Life Of Cells SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry SBI322 DNA Analysis and Profiling (unit runs in Semester 3) SES371 Catchments to Coasts (Not offered until 2009) CIK320 Comparative Studies in Indigenous Cultures and Experience LWB013 Indigenous Peoples And Property Law SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit) (all students enrolling in the 2009 SP2 intensive offering will undertake the project "Australian Aboriginal Song and Dance") CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations SWK350 Field Placement CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E

RECOMMENDED STUDY PLANS FOR EXTERNAL STUDENTS

Legend:

CU = Common Unit

CO = Core Unit

SE = Specialist Elective

E = Elective

TROPICAL AND ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Year 1
CUC100 Academic Literacies	CU	CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	Elective 1-	E
SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A	SE	Elective 2 - your choice	E
Year 2
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
Elective 3 - SES220 Geographic Information Systems 1	E	SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies	SE
Elective 4 - CIK200 Contested Knowledges	E	SBI264 Environmental Physiology	SE
Elective 5 - CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	E	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Year 3
SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	SE	SBI354 Ecological Restoration and Conservation	SE
Elective 6 - SES201 Introductory Remote Sensing	E	SBI363 Organisms and Environmental Change	SE
Elective 7 - SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity	E	Elective 9 - SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	E
Elective 8 - L-ECO22 Environmental Economics	E	Elective 10 - SES372 Landscape Analysis (offered in Sem 3)	E

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Year 1
CUC100 Academic Literacies	CU	CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
SES101 Earth Systems (	CO	Elective 2 - your choice	E
Elective 1- SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A	E	Elective 3 - your choice	E
Year 2
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SES220 Introductory GIS	SE	CIK210 Indigenous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country	SE
Elective 4 - MAN101 Understanding Organisations (	E	PMO201 Project Management	SE
Elective 5 - CIK200 Contested Knowledges	E	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Year 3
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	SE	SBI263 Fire Ecology and Mangement in North Australia	SE
Elective 6 - SES201 Introductory Remote Sensing	E	SES372 Landscape Analysis (offered in Sem 3)	SE
Elective 7 - SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity	E	Elective 9 - SES371 Catchments to Coasts	E
Elective 8 - L-ECO22 Environmental Economics	E	Elective 10 - SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	E

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.  2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load.  Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.

When designing an individual study plan:

♦    ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;

♦    maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and

♦    check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level.  200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI264.

Elective units may be selected from any undergraduate higher education unit on offer (in any discipline) or from Specialist Elective units not already completed. Schedules of Specialist and Elective units are provided below to assist students plan a program of study to meet their individual needs.

TROPICAL AND ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
		CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
		SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
		Elective 1	E
		Elective 2	E
Calendar Year 2
CUC100 Academic Literacies Or CUC106 Design And Innovation: Communicating Technology	CU	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies	SE
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	SBI264 Environmental Physiology	SE
Either: SCH101 Chemical Concepts Or SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A	SE	Elective 3	E
Calendar Year 3
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Elective 4	E	Specialist Elective(see choices below)	SE
Elective 5	E	Elective 7	E
Elective 6	E	Elective 8	E
Calendar Year 4
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Elective 9	E
Elective 10	E

SPECIALIST ELECTIVE choices for the Tropical and Arid Ecology specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
3 specialist elective units (30cp) selected from:
SES220 Introductory GIS SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit) SES360 Field Studies in Tropical and Desert Landscapes (runs in Study Period 2)	SE	SBI265 Ecosystems and Biodiversity SBI354 Ecological Restoration and Convervation SBI363 Organisms and Environmental Change WLM300 Wildlife Management (includes a compulsory 4 day intensive in Darwin) SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	SE

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE units for Tropical and Arid Ecology specialisation
Students are able to choose electives from any undergraduate units offered by the University, including any Specialist Elective not already taken.
The following are provided as additional elective choices.

Semester 1		Semester 2
SBI245 Introduction to Life Processes SCH225 Environmental Chemistry es and Experience: Discovery and Colonisation CIK200 Contested Knowledges CIK220 Arctic to Uluru: Comparative Studies in Indigenous Policy CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E	SBI105 The Life Of Cells SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry SBI322 DNA Analysis and Profiling (unit runs in Semester 3) SES371 Catchments to Coasts CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nati ons LWB013 Indigenous Peoples And Property Law SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)(all students enrolling in the 2009 SP2 intensive offering will undertake the project "Australian Aboriginal Song and Dance") CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations SWK350 Field Placement CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
Calendar Year 1
		CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
		SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
		Elective 1	E
		Elective 2	E
Calendar Year 2
CUC100 Academic Literacies Or CUC106 Design And Innovation: Communicating Technology	CU	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	CIK210 Indigneous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country	SE
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	Specialist Elective(see choices below)	SE
Elective 3	E	Elective 4	E
Calendar Year 3
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
SES220 Introductory GIS	SE	Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE	Elective 6	E
Elective 5	E	Elective 7	E
Calendar Year 4
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	SE
Elective 8	E
Elective 9	E
Elective 10	E

SPECIALIST ELECTIVE choices for the Natural Resource Management specialisation

Semester 1		Semester 2
3 specialist elective units (30cp) selected from:
SBI353 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity L-ECO22 Environmental Economics SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit) CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation	SE	SES201 Introductory Remote Sensing PMO201 Project Management SBI263 Fire Ecology and Mangement in North Australia SES372 Landscape Analysis (offered in Sem 3) SID300 Professional Practice in Applied Science (repeatable unit)	SE

SUGGESTED ELECTIVE units for Natural Resource Management specialisation
Students are able to choose electives from any undergraduate units offered by the University, including any Specialist Elective not already taken.
The following are provided as additional elective choices.

Semester 1		Semester 2
SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A CIK102 Indigenous Knowledges and Experience: Discovery and Colonisation CIK200 Contested Knowledges CIK220 Arctic to Uluru: Comparative Studies in Indigenous Policy CIK305 Cultural Transactions: Communication and Negotiation CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture SWK343 Working with and Developing Communities CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E	SBI105 The Life Of Cells SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry SBI322 DNA Analysis and Profiling (unit runs in Semester 3) SES371 Catchments to Coasts CIK320 Comparative Studies in Indigenous Cultures and Experience CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations LWB013 Indigenous Peoples And Property Law SWK260 Remote Project Experience (20 credit points) (intensive unit offered in Study Period 2) CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit) (all students enrolling in the 2009 SP2 intensive offering will undertake the project "Australian Aboriginal Song and Dance") CIK340 Global Perspectives on Indigenous Nations SWK350 Field Placement CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture CAS311 Indigenous Independent Study (repeatable unit)	E

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010.  2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in Summer Semester and enrolling in a standard full time load.  Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.

When designing an individual study plan:

♦    ensure Common Units are completed in the first year of study;

♦    maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and

♦    check the assumed knowledge for each unit as some 200 and 300 level units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the subject area at a lower level.  200 level units have the unit code which includes a number starting with 200 i.e. SBI264.

TROPICAL ARID ECOLOGY Specialisation

		Summer Semester
Calendar Year 1
		CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
		CUC100 Academic Literacies	CU
		Elective 1	E
		Elective 2	E
Semester 1		Semester 2
Calendar Year 2
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
Either: SCH101 Chemical Concepts Or SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A	SE	SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies	SE
Elective 3	E	SBI264 Environmental Physiology	SE
Calendar Year 3
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
Elective 4	E	Specialist Elective(see choices below)	SE
Elective 5	E	Elective 7	E
Elective 6	E	Elective 8	E
Calendar Year 4
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	SE
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE
Elective 9	E
Elective 10	E

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Specialisation

		Summer Semester
Calendar Year 1
		CUC107 Northern Perspectives	CU
		CUC100 Academic Literacies	CU
		Elective 1	E
		Elective 2	E
Semester 1		Semester 2
Calendar Year 2
SBI106 The Diversity of Life	CO	CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment	CO
SES101 Earth Systems	CO	SBI240 Environmental Issues	CO
Elective 3	E	CIK210 Indigneous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country	SE
Elective 4	E	Specialist Elective(see choices below)	SE
Calendar Year 3
SBI201 Introductory Ecology	CO	LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law	CO
SES220 Introductory GIS	SE	Specialist Elective (see choices below)	E
Specialist Elective (see choices below)	SE	Elective 6	E
Elective 5	E	Elective 7	E
Calendar Year 4
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water (repeatable unit)	SE
Elective 8	E
Elective 9	E
Elective 10	E