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Course Info: Electives

Choice of Electives

A wide range of courses from numerous disciplinary areas may be suitable for inclusion in the MEM and the GradCert and GradDip. The choice of electives should take place in consultation with, and will need to be approved by, the Program Coordinator. Students may wish to enhance their specialist expertise in a particular field or expand their knowledge and skills into new areas. The Program Coordinator will assist to tailor programs to meet the special needs of each student.

It should be noted that courses may have pre-requisites which need to be satisfied before students can enrol and that courses will not necessarily be available in each session. Careful planning at the start of the program should help to optimise your access to your chosen courses.

See the list below of suggested electives offered in 2008. This list may vary from year to year according to what courses are offered by other Schools and Faculties at UNSW in any given year.

This list is not exhaustive and other courses may be taken with the approval of the IES. This list is subject to change as new courses are developed and older courses are dropped. The full list of courses available at UNSW is available in the Handbook, but please make sure that if you find one there, it must be a postgraduate course.

If you come across any courses which are not on the list, but would be relevant for MEM students, please contact us.

Abbreviations used below

SC: Short Course. These are usually held for 3-5 days either at UNSW, or on a 'field trip'.

EXT: External (Distance) Mode courses.

OC: On Campus. You will need to attend regular weekly classes for these courses.

SC+EXT: distance course, but you need to attend a few days of classes.

Institute of Environmental Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of the Built Environment
Australian School of Business
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Science
MBT

Institute of Environmental Studies

IEST5004 (OC/EXT): Research Project Part A
IEST5005 (SC) Media Advocacy and Public Education
IEST5009 (SC): Professional Competencies in Sustainability: External Drivers also: folder info. Please contact Dr Mark Diesendorf for further details
IEST5010 (SC): Professional Competencies in Sustainability: Internal Responses also: folder info. Please contact Dr Mark Diesendorf for further details
IEST5011 (SC): Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions also: folder info (pdf); folder info (Word)
IEST5012 (OC/EXT): Research Project Part B also: info on Research Ethics
IEST5018 (OC/EXT): Research Project Part C also: info on Research Ethics
IEST5111 (OC): Community Participation and Governing contact Dr Mehreen Faruqi for further details
IEST5112 (OC): Community Participation Processes contact Dr Mehreen Faruqi for further details
IEST5113 (OC): Community Participation in Practice contact Dr Mehreen Faruqi for further details

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

PHIL5501 (OC ) Issues in Environmental Ethics (S1)
POLS5120 (OC) Global Politics: The Globalisation of World Politics (S1)
POLS5121 (OC) International Institutions (S2)
POLS5125 (OC) Politics of International Law (S2)
POLS5127 (OC) China and Asia Pacific Security (S1)
POLS5160 (OC) The Middle East and Global Politics (S1)
SLSP5001 (OC) Policy Analysis (S1)
SLSP5002 (OC) Information and Research for Policy (S1)
SLSP5004 (OC) Management and Policy in Organisations (S2)
SLSP5015 (OC) International Development Policy (S1)
SLSP5017 (OC) Policy and Advocacy (S2)
SOCA5010 (SC) Anthropology Fieldwork (Summer Term)
SOCW7850 (OC) Issues and Policy in Social Development (S1)
SOCW7851 (OC) Community Development (S1)
SOCW7852 (OC) Politics of International Aid (S2)
SOCW7853 (OC) Community Education Strategies (S2)
SOCW7856 (OC) Program Management in Social Development (S2)
SOCW7858 (OC) International Social Development Project (S2)
SOCW7859 (OC) Community Development Project (S2)
SOCW7890 (OC) Working with Aboriginal People (S2)

Faculty of the Built Environment

BENV7710(OC) Planning Law and Administration (S1)
BENV7711 (OC) City Planning Today (S1)
BENV7715 (OC) Social Planning (S2)
BENV7720 (OC) Land and Environment Law (S1)
BENV7721 (OC) Planning and Land Policy (S2)
BENV7723 (OC) Spatial Policy (S2)
BENV7724 (OC) Transport, Land Use and Environment (S1)
BENV7725 (OC) Rural Planning (S1)
BENV7727 (OC) Urban and Regional Design (S2)
BENV7728 (OC) GIS for Built Environment (S2)
PLAN7123(OC) Urban Planning and Infrastructure (S1)
PLAN9018(OC) Transport Applications of GIS (S1 & S2)
SUSD0001 (OC) Sustainable Development and the Urban Environment (S1)
SUSD0002 (OC) Resources, Materials and Sustainability (S2)
SUSD0003 (OC) Energy and the Built Environment (S2)
SUSD0004 (OC) Human Factors, Sustainability and Habitability (S1)
UDES0004 (OC) History and Theory of Urban Development and Design (S1)
UDES0008 (OC) Planning and Urban Development (S2)
UDES0009 (OC) Urban Landscape and Heritage (S2)

Australian School of Business

ACCT5920(OC) Managing Intangible Resources (S1)
ECON6306 (OC) Environmental Economics (S2)
MGMT5712 (OC) Negotiation Skills (S1 & S2)
MGMT5910 (OC) Towards Corporate Sustainability: Effective Human Resources and Organisations (S2)

Faculty of Engineering

CEIC8336 (OC) Environmental Chemistry in the Process Industries (S1)
CVEN7800 (SC) Urban Hydrology and Stormwater also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7802 (SC) Coastal Dynamics also: folder info (S2)
CVEN7804 (SC) Coastal Structures also: folder info (S2)
CVEN7807 (SC) Groundwater Hydrology also: folder info (S2)
CVEN7808 (SC) Investigation of Groundwater Research also: folder info (S2)
CVEN7812 (SC) Natural and Artificial Wetlands also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7813 (SC) Estuarine Processes also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7818 (SC) Channel and River Models also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7825 (SC) Aquatic Chemistry for Engineering also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7826 (SC) Microbiology for Engineering also: folder info (S1)
CVEN7827 (SC) Contaminant Transport in the Environment also: folder info (S2)
CVEN7828 (SC) Transformation and Fate of Contaminants in the Environment also: folder info (S2)
CVEN9610 (SC) Surface Water Hydrology (S1)
CVEN9611 (SC) Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Management (S1)
CVEN9620 (SC) Channels, Rivers and Estuaries (S1)
CVEN9631 (SC) Hydrogeochemistry (S1)
CVEN9855 (OC/EXT) Water and Wastewater Analysis and Quality Requirements also: folder info (S1)
CVEN9856 (EXT) Water Treatment also: folder info (S2)
CVEN9857 (EXT) Wastewater Treatment (S2)
CVEN9872 (EXT) Solid Waste Management also: folder info (S2)
CVEN9881 (EXT) Hazardous Waste Management also: folder info (S2)
CVEN9884 (OC/EXT) Environmental Engineering Science 1 also: folder info (S1)
CVEN9885 (EXT) Environmental Engineering Science 2 also: folder info (S2)
CVEN9888 (EXT) Environmental Management also: folder info (S1)
CVEN9892 (OC) Sustainability Assessment and Risk Analysis (S1)
GMAT9205(OC)Fundamentals of Geopositioning also: folder info (S1)
GMAT9600(OC)Principles of Remote Sensing also: folder info (S1)
MECH8325 (EXT) Fundamentals of Noise also: folder info (S1)
MECH9325 (OC) Fundamentals of Noise also: folder info (S1)
MINE9902 (OC) Environmental Contaminants (S1)
SOLA9001 (OC) Photovoltaics also: folder info and lecturer advice (S1)
SOLA9004 (OC) Solar Energy also: lecturer advice (S2)
SOLA9012 (OC) Renewable Energy Policy (S1)
SOLA9017 (OC) Energy Efficiency (S1)

Faculty of Law
- LAWS4035(OC) Water Rights Law (S1)
- LAWS4086(OC) Law of the Sea (S1)
- LAWS4187(OC) International Trade Law: Environment and Development (S1)
- LAWS4188(OC) Environmental Issues in the World Trade Organisation (S1)
- LAWS4366(SC INTENSIVE) Environmental Markets (S2)
- LAWS9194(OC) Animal Law (S1)
- LAWS9119 (SC) International Environmental Law (S2)
Faculty of Medicine
- PHCM9498 (EXT+SC / OC) Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health (S1)
- PHCM9516 (EXT+SC / OC) Introduction to Public Health (S1)
- PHCM9612 (EXT) Environmental Health (S2)
Faculty of Science
- BIOS9002 (SC) Management of Biodiversity (S2)
- BIOS9221 (OC)Australasian Mammals and Conservation (S2)
- BIOT7081 (OC) Environmental Biotechnology also: folder info and 2003 course program (S2)
- CHEM7113 (OC) Elemental Analysis also: folder info (S1)
- CHEM7114 (OC) Chromatography also: folder info (S2)
- CHEM7115 (OC) Treatment of Analytical Data also: folder info (S1)
- CHEM7116 (OC) Chromatography Mass Spectrometry also: folder info (S1)
- GEOL9111 (OC) Groundwater Environments also: folder info (S1)
- GEOS9011 (OC) Environmental Impact Assessment (S1)
- GEOS9012 (OC) Remote Sensing Applications (S2)
- GEOS9016 (OC) Principles of Geographic Information Systems also: folder info (S1)
- GEOS9017 (SC) Advanced Geographic Information Systems also: folder info (S2)
- GEOS9021 (OC) Image Analysis of Remote Sensing (S2)
- GEOS9632 (SC) Groundwater Management (S1)
- GEOS9633 (SC) Geophysical Techniques in Groundwater, Engineering & Agriculture (S2)
- GEOS9634 (SC) Groundwater 3D Geological Computer Models and Spatial Data (S2)
- MATH5285 (OC) Fluids, Ocean and Climate (S1)
- MSCI5005 (OC) Topics in Marine Science (S1 & S2)
- SESC9211 (SC / OC / EXT) Risk Management Also: safesci info and folder info (SUM & S1)
- SESC9261 (OC / EXT) Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment Also: safesci info and folder info (S1)
- SESC9721 (OC / EXT) Environment and Medicine Also: safesci info and folder info (S1)
- SESC9741 (SC) Environmental Management Systems Also: safesci info and folder info (S1)
- SESC9761 (SC) Environmental Auditing Also: safesci info and folder info (S1)
- SESC9820 (SC / EXT) Chemical Safety and Toxicology Also: safesci info (S1)
MBT Courses

Please read the MBT section.
GBAT9101 (OC) Project Management (S1)
GBAT9125 (OC) Fundamentals of People Management (S1)
GBAT9129 (OC) Managing Organisational Resources (S1)

Nura Gili

ATSI5001 (OC) Colonisation, Neo-Colonialism and Indigenous Identity (S1)
ATSI5003 (OC) International Indigenous Perspectives (S1)
ATSI5004 (OC) Indigenous Research Methods (S1)
ATSI5006 (OC) Indigenous Human Rights (S1)