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Environmental Assessment and Management
Postgraduate | MUR-EENV557 | 2020
Course information for 2020 intake
Make natural decisions assessing and managing environment management in professional practice. From grass roots to global landscapes, learn to consider community. Understand how politics and money impact environmental decisions. Study policy.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- -
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Environmental Assessment and Management
About this subject
This subject aims to provide an understanding of the theoretical principles and concepts in environmental assessment and management and how different tools can be used to help make decisions in environmental management.
After completing this subject successfully, you will be able to:
- demonstrably identify the objectives of energy policy such as economic efficiency, energy conservation, avoiding environmental degradation, economic development, sustainability, government revenue, urban transport, urban settlement, and the development of new energy technologies
- demonstrably identify, describe and critically assess contemporary energy policy issues
- demonstrably recognise and critically analyse the roles of energy policy institutions
- describe how energy policy is made and changed
- read and critically analyse energy policy documents.
You will also further develop your skills in:
- professional report writing;
- critical thinking through critical review and discussion.
- Introduction to environmental assessment and management
- Environmental assessment and management policy, evidence and conflict
- Environmental assessment and management decision-making and engagement
- Poster presentations and unit conclusions
This subject explores the application of science to environmental assessment and management for environmental professional practice.
Emphasis is given to environmental decision-making and public engagement.
Techniques and challenges in environmental assessment and management at all scales of application from the local to regional, national and international level, and across a range of applications including protected area management, industry, government planning agencies and environmental impact assessment are addressed.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
- Policy brief & implementation (30%)
- EAM Portfolio (30%)
- Environmental strategy poster (40%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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