Resilient Regions: Sustainability in Practice
UndergraduateMUR-SUS3012026
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Gain a regional perspective on how environmental sustainability works in the field. Step into the arena of eco-entrepreneurism. Line up traditional approaches to agriculture against permaculture and other organic and biodynamic alternatives.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 15 Nov 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,176
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Resilient Regions: Sustainability in Practice
About this subject
On successful completion of the subject you should be able to:
- Discuss community-scale sustainability in relation to energy systems, local economies, local communities, regenerative agriculture, and food systems.
- Apply resilience thinking and bioregionalism at a local and regional scale.
- Analyse resilience and sustainability challenges at a local and regional scale and propose practical solutions.
- Communicate the outcomes of independent field work effectively in reflective writing and oral presentations.
- Complex Adaptive Systems & Resilience
- Bioregionalism & Decentralisation
- Sense of Place and Environmental History
- Ecosystem Health & Restoration
- Transforming Agriculture: Restoration
- Indigenous History & Culture
- Participatory Politics
- Alternative Housing & Communities
- Transforming Agriculture
- Eco-entrepreneurship
- Eco-technologies
- Creating Resilient Communities
This online version of the subject involves students finding and visiting relevant case studies in their own region, to do their own analysis and evaluation. For this external version of the unit, we require that students do some investigation of their own region. Students will have to find relevant case studies, projects, organisations and businesses within their own region, visit some of them, and interview people involved. Students should not enrol in the online version of the subject unless they are prepared to undertake this level of investigation.
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.
Final Exam - Remote eExam using Respondus:
Majority of OUA students will be required to complete their final exam remotely online (Remote eExam) via myMurdoch Learning (LMS), using Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor. You will require a device meeting the minimum standards with a webcam, microphone, and stable internet connection and perform a one-time installation of ‘Respondus LockDown Browser’ using the unique Murdoch link. You are required to complete the mandatory practice quiz before the start of the exam period to ensure a smooth experience on the day. More information regarding Respondus can be found on the Remote eExam page: https://goto.murdoch.edu.au/RemoteExams- Reflection Journal (20%)
- Resilience and Sustainability assessment of region (40%)
- Closed-book invigilated examination (40%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- MUR-BAR-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Arts
- MUR-BGS-DEG-2026 - Bachelor of Global Security
Others
Enrolment (and completion of at least 48 points) in one of the following majors: Sustainable Development; Community Development; International Aid and Development; Environmental Management and Sustainability; Conservation and Wildlife Biology; Environmental Science or enrolment with the approval of the Unit Coordinator.
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateMUR-BAR-DEG
UndergraduateMUR-BGS-DEG