A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Common Units (2 units) | 20cp | Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.
IAS201 Cultural Capabilities (replaces CUC107 from 2024) (compulsory) PLUS EITHER: LAL100 Language, Literacy and Sustainability (replaces CUC100 from 2024) OR CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
Core Units (7 units) | 70cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 70 credit points as detailed below. ENV101 Earth Systems ENV102 The Diversity of Life ENV103 Environmental Issues IAS144 Indigenous Land and Resources (replaces ATI140 from 2020) ENV201 Introductory Ecology ENV208 Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Thinking SBI209 Design and Analysis of Biological Studies |
Specialist Electives (12 units) | 120cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 120 credit points including the completion of at least one major. An option to include two majors is also available. Option 1: Single major - recommended for maximum flexibility when choosing elective units, studying online only or to maximise transfer credits Students must complete: > The requirements of one major of 60cp, plus > 60cp from remaining Specialist Elective units, with at least 30cp at 300 level. Discipline specific undergraduate units offered by other higher education providers may be included for cross institutional enrolment or credit recognition subject to written approval from the course coordinator.
Option 2: Double major - recommended for students who want to pursue two specialised qualifications Students must complete: > The requirements of two majors of 60cp each
Majors may be selected from: > Biodiversity and Conservation > Spatial and Quantitative Ecology > Water and Landscapes > Eco-Cultural Resource Management
*From 2020 the following majors are no longer available: > Landscape and Spatial Ecology > Water and Catchments Further information about these changes are included under Course Changes and Transition arrangements below.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (60 credit points) Select 6 units (60cp) from the list below including at least 2 units (20cp) at 200 level and at least 3 units (30cp) at 300 level: ENV204 Ecosystems, Evolution and Biodiversity ENV206 Environmental Physiology ENV207 Fire Ecology and Management (new to this major from 2020) ENV209 Fauna and Flora Survey and Monitoring ENV300 Wildlife Management ENV301 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity (new to this major from 2020) ENV302 Organisms and Environmental Change ENV303 Ecological Restoration and Conservation ENV311 Practical Statistics and Data Reasoning ENV315 Desert Field Ecology
SPATIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY (60 credit points) Select 6 units (60cp) from the list below including at least 2 units (20cp) at 200 level and at least 3 units (30cp) at 300 level: ENV202 Introductory Remote Sensing ENV209 Flora and Fauna Survey and Monitoring HIT234 Database Concepts OR HIT140 Foundations in Data Science ENV306 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling ENV311 Practical Statistics and Data Reasoning ENV318 Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data IAS354 Impact Assessment and Management of Cultural Sites (not offered in 2024)
WATER AND LANDSCAPES (60 credit points) This major requires on-campus and field-intensive participation. Select 6 units (60cp) from the list below including at least 2 units (20cp) at 200 level and at least 3 units (30cp) at 300 level.
SELECT at least 2 units (20cp) from: SCH101 Chemical Concepts Chemistry OR SCH104 Introductory Chemistry ENV202 Introductory Remote Sensing ENV210 Aquatic Ecosystems Chemistry (unit title change 2022) ENV312 Aquatic Resource Management ENV313 Hydrology and Catchment Processes ENV323 Environmental Microbiology AND at least 2 units (20cp) from: IAS254 Partnership and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management ENV306 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling ENV311 Practical Statistics and Data Reasoning ENV316 Exploring Ecosystem Dynamics: Field Studies in Northern Australia (unit title change 2024) ENV317 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods (not offered in 2024) ENV318 Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data
ECO-CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (60 credit points) Select 6 units (60cp) from the list of units below including at least 3 units (30cp) of 300 level units:
SELECT this unit (10cp): IAS353 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment (replaces CIK240 from 2020) PLUS 5 units (50cp) from: IAS142 Ethics and Protocols in Indigenous Contexts (new from 2020) IAS223 Representing and Recording Country (replaces CIK210 from 2020) IAS225 Cultural Resource and Site Management (replaces ATI221 from 2020) IAS254 Partnership and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management (replaces CIK230 from 2020) IAS322 Research with Indigenous People (replaces INR200 from 2020) IAS354 Impact Assessment and Management of Cultural Sites (replaces ATI321 from 2020) (not offered in 2024) ENV317 Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods (not offered in 2024)
The units below do not form a major, but may be counted toward the additional 60cp of specialist electives in the Single Major option.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND RESEARCH UNITS SID300 Professional Practice in Science (repeatable) SID305 Environmental Field intensives (repeatable) |
Electives (3 units) | 30cp | Elective units totalling 30 credit points may include additional units selected from the Specialist Electives or from any other undergraduate units offered by the University. When selecting electives, choose units at a suitable level. The first number in each unit code indicates the year level at which the subject is taught. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as ENV1xx, ENV2xx and ENV3xx would be first, second and third year units respectively. |
| 240cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2024
LAL100 Language, Literacy and Sustainability has replaced CUC100 Academic Literacies through Exploring Sustainability from 2024. Students that have completed CUC100 do not need to complete LAL100
IAS201 Cultural Capabilities has replaced CUC107Cultural Intelligence and Capability. Students that have completed CUC107 do not need to complete IAS201.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2020
Students enrolled prior to 2020 will note the following course structure changes:
Majors have been reduced from 4 to 3 with the merging of Landscape and Spatial Ecology and Water and Catchments into a single major Water and Landscapes. Students undertaking the Landscape and Spatial Ecology or Water and Catchments major should complete the new Water and Landscapes major.
*From 2020 the following majors will no longer available:
> Landscape and Spatial Ecology
> Water and Catchments
LANDSCAPE AND SPATIAL ECOLOGY (60 credit points)
Complete all 6 units:
ENV202 Introduction to Remote Sensing (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
ENV207 Fire Ecology and Management (moved to Biodiversity and Conservation major)
ENV301 Tropical Invaders and Biosecurity (moved to Biodiversity and Conservation major)
ENV306 Environmental Monitoring and Modelling (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
ENV316 Ecosystem Function: Field Studies in North Australia (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
ENV318 Analysing and Synthesising Spatial Data (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
WATER AND CATCHMENTS (60 credit points)
Select 1 unit (10 credit points) from:
SCH101 Chemical Concepts Chemistry (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
SCH104 Introductory Chemistry (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
Plus all 4 units (40cp) of:
ENV210 Aquatic Ecosystems Chemistry (unit title change 2022)
ENV211 Aquatic Ecology: Biota and Processes (discontinued but will count towards the new Water and Landscapes major)
ENV312 Aquatic Resource Management (moved to Water and Landscapes major) (next offered in 2022)
ENV313 Hydrology and Catchment Processes (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
Plus 1 unit (10 credit points) selected from:
ENV302 Organisms and Environmental Change (retained under Biodiversity and Conservation major)
ENV323 Environmental Microbiology (moved to Water and Landscapes major)
Unit Code Changes - 2020
Following is a summary of unit code changes for 2020. Students who have already completed the pre-2020 unit code should not enrol for the replacement unit.
Pre-2020 Unit Code | 2020 Unit Code |
ATI140 Indigenous Land and Resources (core unit) | IAS144 Indigenous Land and Resources |
ATI221 Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management | IAS225 Cultural Resource and Site Management |
ATI321 Impact Assessment and Management of Cultural Sites | IAS354 Impact Assessment and Management of Cultural Sites |
CIK210 Indigenous Knowledges: Representing and Recording Country | IAS223 Representing and Recording Country |
CIK230 Indigenous Engagements: Land and Water | IAS254 Partnership and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management |
CIK240 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment | IAS353 Indigenous Cultures and the Environment |
INR200 Research With Indigenous People | IAS322 Research With Indigenous People |
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2018
Core units:
LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law will continue to be delivered in alternate years only and will continue to count as a core unit in the BES.
ENV205 Environmental Issues is being discontinued at the end of 2017 and will be replaced by the equivalent ENV103 Environmental Issues.
Specialist electives:
ENV203 Environmental Survey and Monitoring (repeatable) is being discontinued at the end of 2017 and will be replaced by ENV209 Fauna and Flora Survey and Monitoring and ENV210 Aquatic Ecosystems Chemistry (unit title change 2022). Students who have completed the fauna and flora version of ENV203 should not complete ENV209 and students who have completed the soil and water monitoring version of ENV203 should not complete ENV210.