A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (3 units) | 30cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 30 credit points as detailed below.
ENV509 Ecology and Management of Tropical Forests and Savannas ENV513 Environmental Planning and Policy ENV521 Community Engagement for Biosecurity and Natural Resource Management |
Specialist Electives A (1 unit) | 10cp | Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points selected from the list of units detailed below:
SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies ENV311 Practical Statistics and Data Reasoning ENV511 Real-World Statistics and Data Reasoning EMG505 Research Methodologies in Education PRT564 Data Analytics and Visualisation |
Specialist Electives B (4 units) | 40cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 40 credit points from the list of unit clusters detailed below: (these unit clusters are a guide only and do not represent formal course specialisations; any of these units can be chosen) LIVELIHOODS ENV507 Fire Ecology and Management in Northern Australia ENV517 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods (compulsory intensive) (not available 2024) ENV519 Aquatic Resource Management (compulsory intensive) ENV523 Ecological Economics (new from 2024) SID500 Professional Practice in Environmental Management (WIL placement) SID505 Environmental Field Intensives (compulsory intensive) NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ENV501 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity ENV503 Ecological Restoration and Conservation ENV515 Desert Field Ecology (compulsory intensive) ENV516 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia (compulsory intensive) ENV520 Wildlife Management SID500 Professional Practice in Environmental Management (WIL placement) SID505 Environmental Field Intensives (compulsory intensive) SPATIAL SCIENCE ENV502 Remote Sensing ENV506 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling (optional intensive) ENV508 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking ENV518 Applied Spatial Analysis for Real-World Problems (title changed 2023) SID500 Professional Practice in Environmental Management (WIL placement) SID505 Environmental Field Intensives (compulsory intensive) Note: Students who have graduated from CDU and completed undergraduate units with the same titles as those listed in Specialist Electives above will not be able to take those units and must make an alternative unit selection. |
Electives (4 units) | 40cp | Units totalling 40 credit points from available postgraduate units on offer at the University including: Specialist A and B units not already completed, or units from other Masters courses at CDU or elsewhere. Students are encouraged to seek advice from the course coordinator on unit selection. |
Research (1-2 units) | 40cp | 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) (40cp) ENV820 Research Project #20 (a repeatable unit for students undertaking the project PT over two semesters) (20cp, repeatable) |
| 160cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
COURSE CHANGES for 2024
ENV523 added as a Specialist Elective choice in the Livelihoods cluster.
COURSE CHANGES for 2023
Core units have been reduced from 40cp to 30cp
Specialist Elective A unit totalling 10cp has been added.
ENV511 has been removed as a required core unit and move to one of the Specialist Elective A choices.
ENV511, ENV311, SBI209, EMG505, PRT564 are included as Specialist Elective A unit choices.