Current students transferring to the reaccredited version of the Master of Environmental Management (course code SENVM1) should note that the new course now has four compulsory Core units. These are ENV509, ENV511, ENV521, and ENV513. These units were previously Specialist Electives. If you do not plan to complete these four units you should remain in the currently accredited Master of Environmental Management (course code MEM).
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
Unit type |
Credit Points |
Specific requirements |
Specialist electives
(4 units) |
40 |
Complete units totalling 40 credit points from the following:
ENV509 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas
ENV511 Statistical Methods for Impact Analysis
ENV512 Tropical Wetland and Coastal Management (replaced by ENV519 Aquatic Resource Management from 2018)
ENV513 Environmental Planning and Policy
ENV517 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods (includes compulsory field trip) (replaces ENV402 from 2016)
ENV520 Wildlife Management
ENV521 Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management (recoded from ENV401 2016)
|
Elective Units A
(4 units) |
40 |
Complete units totalling 40 credit points from the following:
OPTION 1 - Additional units from the Specialist Electives listed above
OR
OPTION 2 - Units from the Elective units listed below
ENV501 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity
ENV502 Remote Sensing
ENV503 Ecological Restoration and Conservation
ENV506 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling
ENV507 Fire Ecology and Management in Northern Australia
ENV508 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking (new title 2018)
ENV515 Desert Field Ecology (field based intensive) (added from 2016)
ENV516 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia (replaces ENV504 from 2016)
ENV518 Applied Spatial Analysis for Real-World Problems (title changed 2023)
SID500 Professional Practice in Environmental Management (repeatable)
|
Elective Units B
(4 units) |
40 |
Complete units totalling 40 credit points from the following:
1. Additional units from the Specialist Electives listed above
2. Additional units from the Electives listed above
OR
3. Units selected from those listed below
- Postgraduate units from The Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Education at CDU
- Other appropriate postgraduate CDU unit as approved by the Course Coordinator
- ENVI1057 Managing Tourism in Protected Areas - offered by The University of Greenwich, UK (customised to suit CDU students)
- EV5252 Indigenous Environmental Management - offered by James Cook University, Queensland 10
- PLANT SC 7022EX Invasion Biology: Foundations of Biosecurity - offered by University of Adelaide, South Australia
- Or appropriate external postgraduate units from the environmental management discipline - offered by Murdoch University, Western Australia
- Or other appropriate external postgraduate units from another university, that help build a suitable overall program for an individual student’s requirements.
|
Research units |
40 |
Research units totalling 40 credit points.
Students may enrol in the full-time or part-time option as detailed below:
ENV840 Research Project #40 (for students undertaking the project FT over one semester, 40 cp) (recoded from SBI550 2016)
OR
ENV820 Research Project #20 (a repeatable unit for students undertaking the project PT over two semesters, 20cp each) (recoded from SBI551 2016) |
|
160 |
Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
Course Changes and Transition Arrangements - 2018
Current students transferring to the reaccredited version of the Master of Environmental Management (course code SENVM1) should note that the new course now has four compulsory Core units. These are ENV509, ENV511, ENV521, and ENV513. These units were previously Specialist Electives. If you do not plan to complete these four units you should remain in the currently accredited Master of Environmental Management (course code MEM).
ENV508 Applied Geographic Information Systems is now Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking.
ENV512 Tropical Wetland and Coastal Management has been replaced by ENV519 Aquatic Resource Management.
ENV518 Advanced Spatial Science is now Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2016
ENV504 Field Studies in Tropical and Desert Landscapes has been replaced by ENV516 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia
ENV515 Desert Field Ecology and ENV518 Advanced Spatial Analysis have been added to the Elective Units A list from 2016.
Students who have completed SID400 will receive 10cp towards Elective Units B.
Previous Unit Code |
New Unit Code (2016) |
Unit Title |
ENV401 |
ENV521 |
Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management |
ENV402 |
ENV517 |
Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods |
ENV504 |
ENV516 |
Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia |
SBI550 |
ENV840 |
Research Project #40 |
SBI551 |
ENV820 |
Research Project #20 |