Landscape Management

The Landscape Management major explores rural and urban ecosystems and the human activities that shape these systems. Parks and public open space, protected areas, residential environments and agricultural landscape provide important ecological, amenity and social values, affording, for example, biodiversity, recreation opportunities and economic products such as food production or housing. The major will provide students with an understanding of how these landscapes function, and their use and importance to society. Students will develop an understanding of physical and social components of landscape such as plants, fauna, soils, water, social and economic sub-systems and the complex interrelations between these. Throughout the major, understanding of ecosystems is explored in the context of management issues and strategies, allowing students to develop skills for professional practice in landscape management.

Careers and Further Study

Through its emphasis on solution based learning and practical field work, the landscape management major provides an academic basis for employment in horticulture or natural resource management. It also offers a pathway to professional graduate programs such as the Master of Urban Horticulture, Master of Forest Ecosystem Science and the Master of Environment. For more information on these graduate programs please visit the Melbourne School of Land and Environment web site: http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/courses/postgrad/courses.html

Course Planning for a Landscape Management major

A major in Landscape Management in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:

• 112.5 points (9 subjects) of Landscape Management subjects;
• 25 points (2 subjects) of core first year subjects (Natural Environments and Reshaping Environments).

This is in addition to elective subjects and breadth subjects to make up the 300 points required for the degree. Specific details of the Bachelor of Environments course structure can be found at:

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/B-ENVS

In order to complete a major in Landscape Management, you will undertake the following subjects:

1st year level core subjects

2nd and 3rd year level subjects

AND 37.5 points (3 subjects) chosen from:

2nd year level subjects

3rd year level subjects

Bachelor of Environments elective subjects

All Bachelor of Environments students must complete 37.5 points of Bachelor of Environments electives. For a complete listing of available subjects please see:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/breadth/elective-subjects.html

Breadth subjects

Bachelor of Environments students must complete between 50 and 75 credit points of subjects selected from those available as breadth for Bachelor of Environments students; with no more than 37.5 points at Level 1. For a complete listing of available subjects please click the 'Find breadth subjects' link on the Handbook homepage and perform a search.

The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on a individual student’s choice of major. Refer to the Breadth Requirements for the Bachelor of Environments for additional information.

For more information on this major and to view a sample course plan see:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/course-info/landscape-manage.html