Tailored Specialisation

Major/Minor/Specialisation !441MS-MAJ+1001 (2016)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2016.

Year and Campus: 2016

Coordinator

Dr Kathryn Williams, Office for Environmental Programs

Contact

Office for Environmental Programs
Ground Floor, Walter Boas Building (building 163)

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

Employers in the environmental sector seek graduates who are able to integrate knowledge across disciplines, collaborate effectively in cross-disciplinary teams, and translate information for different audiences. New areas of environmental specialisation are emerging that require synthesis of knowledge from historically distinct fields, for example combining a knowledge of environmental sustainability with business entrepreneurship, or drawing on knowledge of public health to improve landscape planning processes, or practices that require advanced knowledge of both energy systems and environmental law.

The tailored specialisation is designed to support students to develop skills for integration, collaboration and translation while gaining depth of knowledge in one or more fields of inquiry. The flexible structure enables student to tailor subject selection to meet personal learning objectives, developed in consultation with an academic advisor.

Graduates will work in roles that require translation of knowledge across different specialisations or in emerging ‘boundary crossing’ specialist roles.
Learning Outcomes:

Students who complete the Master of Environment will have:

  • Knowledge to undertake professional practice in environment or sustainability, including:
    • Specialised knowledge in an environmental discipline or field of practice, including knowledge of recent developments in this field
    • Knowledge of the cross-disciplinary nature of environmental issues and professional practice to promote sustainable futures
    • Knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to specialist field of environmental inquiry
  • Skills for collaborative and creative problem solving in environmental practice, including:
    • Ability to critically analyse and synthesise environmental knowledge
    • Ability to envision environmental change and propose pathways to realise this change
    • Ability to communicate complex environmental knowledge and research effectively to a range of audiences
    • Ability to work effectively in cross-disciplinary teams
    • Technical skills for professional practice and research in field of specialisation
  • Demonstrated capacity to:
    • Exercise well developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner in an environmental discipline or professional field
    • Plan and execute a substantial project in an area of environmental research or practice
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students completing a tailored specialisation in the Master of Environment will complete two core subjects in Sustainability, Leadership and Governance, and Interdisciplinarity and the Environment. Students will choose the remainder of subjects from an approved subject list in consultation with an academic advisor. Additional subjects may be chosen depending on academic background. Please note that prerequisites may apply.
Subject Options:

Core Subjects

Students must complete the following core subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Elective Subjects

Students should make up the remainder of their award by selecting electives from the following list, sorted by discipline/faculty in consultation, with an academic advisor. Additional subjects may be chosen depending on academic background. Please note that prerequisites may apply.

Architecture Building and Planning

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.5
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50

Arts

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
January, Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
January, Semester 1, Semester 2
25
Not offered in 2016
12.50

Economics

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Education

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Engineering

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Law

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
September
12.50
September
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.5

Public Health

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50

Office for Environmental Programs (Cross-faculty)

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50

Science

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
July
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
September
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50
Not offered in 2016
12.50

Veterinary and Agricultural Science

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2016
12.50
February
12.50
Related Course(s): Master of Environment
Postgraduate Diploma in Environment

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