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C55 Bachelor of Sustainability

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 work-place learning. The course consists of a core set of units, plus an opportunity to develop a specialisation in one of four fields.

 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Standard University Admission requirements apply.

 
SPECIAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Students who have completed a TAFE Diploma, or Dual Diploma, or equivalent, in an allied sustainability or sustainable development field may be admitted to this course with advanced standing.

 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley, and Joondalup Campuses.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.

The course is on-campus but a significant number of the core units are available off-campus on-line.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

Students are required to successfully complete 360 credit points (twenty four units).

 

The degree has two components:

 

1. A core program of 19 units (compulsory).

2. An 8 unit major from a prescribed set (3 units of which will come from the core, 5 units of which will come from units offered in the major). 

 

Practicum and project units are associated with the majors.

 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
SCI1001 Introduction to Sustainability 15
ACC1100 Accounting I 15
GEO1150 Geography and Environment: People, Pattern, Process 15
Select one unit from the following
SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences * 15
or
SCC1111 General Chemistry * 15
 
*Students with WACE 3A/3B Chemistry or equivalent should take SCC1111 General Chemistry, all other students should take SCC1123 Chemistry for the Life Sciences.
 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2
SCI1185 Ecology 15
CSV1101 Introduction to Community Work 15
HST1183 Health, Society and Sustainability 15
MAN1100 Management I 15
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 1
SCM2201 Soil and Land Processes 15
SCI2371 Sustainable Water 15
IAS3104 Indigenous Peoples and the West 15
Plus one unit from Major
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 2
MAN2610 Managing for Sustainability 15
CSV1102 Introduction to Social Analysis 15
MAN3611 Corporate Governance&Social Responsibility 15
Plus one unit from Major
 
YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 1
POL3110 Global Politics and the Environment 15
ENS2118 Sustainable Energy 15
Plus one unit from Major
Plus one unit from Major
 
YEAR THREE - SEMESTER 2
SCI3453 Sustainable Natural Resource Management 15
ECF3603 Environmental Economics 15
CCA3111 Preparation for Professional Life 15
Plus one unit from Major
 
 
MABUUSDeveloping Sustainable Communities Major
MABUURHumanities and Arts Major
MABUUPSustainable Business Management Major
MABUUQSustainable Environments Major
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
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, Graduate Attributes 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 Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2013 VET: 20/05/2013