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Sustainability Major

Code MAAAKX

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About this Major

Now more than ever, our world needs sustainability. In this major, you’ll develop the interdisciplinary knowledge needed to be the change, and apply that knowledge to nature conservation, impact assessment and natural resource management.

Studies include an emphasis on field-based exercises, including an exciting project to enrich your understanding of ecologically sustainable processes on land and in water.

Code MAAAKX

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Mount Lawley
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Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
SCI1001Introduction to Sustainability15
ACS2122Aboriginal Perspectives on the Environment15
HST1183Health, Society and Sustainability15
CSV1102Introduction to Social Analysis15
SCI3307Waste Management15
SCI2108Environmental Management and Sustainability15
SCM2104Geographical Information Systems15
SCM3203Environmental Impact Assessment15
SCI2371Sustainable Water15
MAN2610Managing for Sustainability15
ECF3603Environmental Economics15
SCI3453Sustainable Natural Resource Management15

For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.

Student handbook

Notes

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply broad discipline knowledge to range of practical situations linked to interdependencies between natural environments and sustainability; sustainability challenges and their drivers; and holistic systems thinking and complexity.
  2. Analyse experimental data from the perspective of environmental sustainability.
  3. Formulate hypotheses, design and undertake experiments to generate solutions to sustainability problems.
  4. Synthesise relevant information from multiple sources using digital technologies.
  5. Communicate sustainability issues with diverse groups in professional and public contexts.
  6. Incorporate diverse perspectives into scientific practice, applying a global outlook and including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspectives.
  7. Work collaboratively with others, encompassing social, sustainable and ethical values into scientific practice.
  8. Apply own learning to professional practice.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities

Sustainability and environment officers work for government, industry and the non-government sector, in areas such as environmental protection, conservation, natural heritage, land and water management, mining and industry.

Possible future job titles

Sustainability Officer, Sustainability Practitioner, Consultant, Environmental Officer, Policy Advisor, Planning Officer, Research Officer

This Major can be studied in the following courses

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