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This course presents students with a unique opportunity to contribute to an emerging challenge that we all face - how to make our lives, livelihoods, communities, environments and spaces sustainable. To meet this challenge society will need graduates, those with an awareness and understandings of disciplines from across environmental, social and economic domains. The environmental domain covers the water, air and soil and the biota that inhabit them, while the economic domain deals with the financial and managerial aspects of business and resource decisions. The social domain recognises that people are both the cause and solution to sustainability issues. Students will receive practical and theoretical guidance in a set of skills that are essential for solving problems: systems thinking, critical thinking, and decision-making, and will build personal attributes that will enable them to work in teams to generate new ideas, and new solutions. Studies will include an emphasis on field-based exercises and workplace learning.
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
Academic admission standard for the following entry pathways:
Students are required to attend classes on both the Mount Lawley and Joondalup campuses to complete the course.
Students are required to complete 19 Core units and a Major, with three of the eight units from the Major already included in the Core program:
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SCI1001 | Introduction to Sustainability | 15 |
| HST1183 | Health, Society and Sustainability | 15 |
| GEO1150 | Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process | 15 |
| Select 1 unit from: | ||
| SCC1123 ^ | Chemistry for the Life Sciences | 15 |
| SCC1111 ^ | General Chemistry | 15 |
Note: Students who have completed WACE 3A/3B Chemistry or equivalent should enrol in SCC1111 General Chemistry, all other students should enrol in SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SCI1185 | Ecology | 15 |
| CSV1101 | Introduction to Community Work | 15 |
| MAN1100 | Management I | 15 |
| ACC1100 | Accounting I | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SCM2201 * | Soil and Land Processes | 15 |
| SCI2371 | Sustainable Water | 15 |
| ACS3133 | Aboriginal Communities | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| MAN2610 | Managing for Sustainability | 15 |
| CSV1102 | Introduction to Social Analysis | 15 |
| MAN3611 | Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| POL3110 | Global Politics and the Environment | 15 |
| ENS2118 | Sustainable Energy | 15 |
| Unit from Major | x 2 | 30 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SCI3453 | Sustainable Natural Resource Management | 15 |
| ECF3603 | Environmental Economics | 15 |
| CCA3111 | Preparation for Professional Life | 15 |
| Unit from Major | 15 |
^ Core Option
* Students will be assessed to see if they have achieved the ECU minimum standard of English language proficiency in this unit. Students who don't meet the minimum standard will be provided with appropriate English language support and development.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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