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Sustainability

Unit of study table

Graduate Certificate in Sustainability

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 6 credit points of core units of study;
(b) 6 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Sustainability

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 6 credit points of core units of study;
(b) 30 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study.

Master of Sustainability

Students must complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 6 credit points of core units of study;
(b) 30 credit points of selective units of study;
(c) 12 credit points of units of study selected from the remaining selective units of study or elective units of study; and
(d) 24 credit points of Capstone experience units of study.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core unit

SUST5001
Introduction to Sustainability
6 Note: Students in the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability, Graduate Diploma in Sustainability or Master of Sustainability must take this unit in their first semester of study. This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.

Selective units

SUST5002
Food and Water Security
6
This unit of study involves essay and blog writing and group work. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.
SUST5003
Energy and Resources
6
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.
SUST5004
Sustainable Development and Population Health
6
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.
SUST5005
Law, Policy and Sustainability
6 This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.
SUST5006
Sustainability: Business and Leadership
6
This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed.
PHYS5031
Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis
6  
PHYS5033
Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis
6 Minimum class size of 5 students.

Capstone experience units

SUST5007
Research Project A
24 P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 or PHYS5033
N SUST5008 or SUST5009
SUST5008
Research Project B
12 P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 or PHYS5033
N SUST5007
SUST5009
Research Project C
12 P Any 36 credit points of the following: SUST5001 or SUST5002 or SUST5003 or SUST5004 or SUST5005 or SUST5006 or PHYS5031 or PHYS5033
N SUST5007

Elective units

AFNR5502
Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management
6 A Basic GIS knowledge
AFNR5511
Soil Processes, Assessment and Management
6  
AFNR5801
Climate Change: Process, History, Issues
6 A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues
ARCH9080
Urban Ecology, Design and Planning
6  
BETH5203
Public Health Ethics
6 N BETH5206
CSYS5020
Interdependent Civil Systems
6  
CSYS5030
Information Theory and Self-Organisation
6 A Competency in 1st year mathematics, and basic computer programming skills are assumed. Competency in 1st year undergraduate level statistics (for example, covering probabilities, conditional probabilities, Gaussian distribution, correlations, statistical significance/hypothesis testing and p-values). An exposure to linear algebra would be useful but not mandatory
CSYS5040
Criticality in Dynamical Systems
6 A Mathematics at first-year undergraduate level. Some familiarity with mathematical and computational principles at an undergraduate university level (for example, differential calculus or linear algebra). Familiarity with a programming language at a beginners level for data analysis
DESC9147
Sustainable Building Design Principles
6 A Fundamental knowledge of building design
DESC9201
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
6  
DVST6904
Rethinking Poverty
6  
ECOP6108
Economy-Environment Sustainability

6  
EDPC5024
Systems, Change and Learning
6  
ENVI5705
Ecological Principles
6 A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics
ENVI5708
Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
6  
ENVI5801
Social Science of Environment
6  
ENVI5809
Environmental Simulation Modelling
6 A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics
GEOG5001
Geographic Information Science A
6 A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics
GEOG5004
Environmental Mapping and Monitoring
6 A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6  
GOVT6316
The Politics of Policy Making
6  
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
6  
HPOL5000
Health Policy and Health Economics
6 N PUBH5032
HPOL5007
Global Health Policy
6
INFS6071
Project Management in Business
6  
ITLS5100
Transport and Infrastructure Foundations
6 N TPTM6241
ITLS6103
Transport, Sustainability and Health
6  
ITLS6202
Sustainable Logistics and Procurement
6 C TLS5020 or ITLS5000 or ITLS5250 or TPTM5001 or SUST5001
N ITLS6003
LAWS6061
International Environmental Law
6 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html
LAWS6252
Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System
6 N LAWS6881
Students must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in this unit prior to commencing other law units of study. Law graduates from a non-common law jurisdiction are strongly recommended to undertake this unit. This unit is not available to students who have acquired a law degree from Australia or another common law jurisdiction. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html
MKTG5001
Foundation in Marketing
6  
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media

6 N SCWK6935
PHYS4801
Industrial Ecology
6  
PHYS4802
Quantitative Disaster Analysis
6  
PHYS5032
Techniques for Sustainability Analysis
6 Minimum class size of 5 students.
PHYS5034
Life Cycle Analysis
6 Minimum class size of 5 students.
SIEN6002
Managing Sustainability
6 N WORK6033
SIEN6005
Social Entrepreneurship
6 N IBUS6016
SIEN6006
Entrepreneurship
6  
SIEN6007
Entrepreneurship: Lean Startup
6 N IBUS6011