Overview 2022
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The Undergraduate Certificate in Data and Environmental Management will provide you with an understanding of data science, and how data can be used to inform decisions when managing environmental factors and issues.
This hands-on course is designed to develop your understanding of how patterns of landforms, soils, plants and animals form on the surface of the earth, and how cultures, societies and economies manage, and are affected by, ecosystem processes.
You will learn about the relationship between data, information and knowledge and be introduced to a number of different tools for managing, storing, securing, modelling, visualizing and analysing data for environmental management purposes.
Graduates with this certificate will have strong technical skills in collecting, storing, understanding, manipulating, analysing and visualising data from various sources and be able to apply these skills across a range of applications.
This course is useful for a wide variety of occupations and professions, as well as enhancing everyday existence.
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Learning Outcomes
Career outcomes
This course has a strong technical and work–ready focus thereby providing a wide-range of career pathways for students immediately upon graduation.
Graduates can gain employment in private industry and local, state and federal government agencies or pursue or expand their career in environmental management and decision making.
By completing the Undergraduate Certificate in Data and Environmental Management you can transition into further study, with credit towards an Associate Degree in Applied Science,
Course structure
The Undergraduate Certificate in Data and Environmental Management (UGCertDataEnvMan) is a 4-unit course. Entry is available in Semester 1 or Semester 2 entry.
Compulsory Unit
Data Handling and Statistics 1 is the first of three applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). Statistics is the science of decision making, and as such forms a key foundation of any scientific research. This…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 |
Geospatial Choice
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are becoming increasingly prevalent in our day-to-day lives. As a result, skilled GIS analysts arein high demand across the workforce. The goal of this unit is to provide you with a foundational understanding of the conceptsunderpinning…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Satellite images and aerial photographs are used to observe the earth and its atmosphere. These images are used for mapping and monitoring our natural and human environment. Remote sensing is an exciting field that is constantly changing with regular launches…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Geography Choice
Human-induced climate change is the most serious problem currently facing our planet - a global problem with increasingly obvious local impacts. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that the next 10 years will be critical to averting…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KGA104 Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
This foundation unit in Geography and Environmental Studies develops your knowledge of how people depend on nature, and how increasingly the conservation of nature depends on people. We will explore these relationships through a values lens: how nature is important…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
ICT Choice
This unit will provide students with an introduction to computer programming and its role in problem-solving. The fundamental concepts of programming will be introduced. These include: the memory model, data types, declarations, expressions and statements, control structures, block structure, methods…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
This unit will explain the relationship between data, information, and knowledge and introduce several different methods/tools for managing, storing, securing, modelling, visualising, and analysing data. This unit will provide an understanding of how data can be manipulated to meet the…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
Applicants who have recently completed secondary education (in the past two years): This course does not use ATAR as part of the admission process. To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) or an equivalent qualification.
Applicants with previous higher education study: To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed at least one unit of study (equivalent to 12.5 UTAS credit points) at Associate Degree level or higher at any Australian higher education provider If an applicant has failed any units, the application may be subject to further review before an offer is made.
Applicants with previous VET / TAFE study: To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed Certificate III or above.
Applications on the basis of work or life experience: This course accepts applications based on work or life experience. Applicants who have not completed senior secondary, tertiary or TAFE/VET study, but who have relevant work and life experience can complete a personal competency statement. Enrolment Restrictions:
Articulation
Students can articulate into the BSc, with credit for prior learning for the 4 certificate units.
Detailed Admissions Information
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
If you’re a domestic student, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place in this course. This means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
You may also be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
Student contributionStudent contribution amounts are charged for each unit of study. This means that how much you’ll pay will depend on which units you choose. Find out more about student contribution amounts.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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