P7B Master of Environmental Geospatial Science

Overview 2023

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 2 Years, up to a maximum of 5 Years

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

Hobart: Semester 1

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 2 Years, up to a maximum of 5 Years

Duration

Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.
Entry requirements

Location

Hobart: Semester 1

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CRICOS: 106224C

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Environmental challenges are becoming increasingly complex and problems like bushfire management and climate change requires highly skilled professionals. Environment professionals need to be able to analyse a variety of information, including mapped data, to adapt to the current crises. Business as usual is becoming increasingly data-rich and Tasmania’s Land Information System puts us in the fortunate position of being able to use geospatial information for many planning and day-to-day decisions across a wide range of sectors.

This course will teach you to integrate geospatial and environmental knowledge to make practical recommendations for enhancing decisions around places – both predominantly natural through to highly urban. The unique combination of environmental and geospatial skills in a pragmatic, case-based learning environment will place graduates well for an exciting career.

You will apply skills in geographical information systems and remote sensing to address complex problems associated with managing ecosystems and fostering sustainable practices. These skills are in high demand by government and industry employers, and your will benefit from our close connections with the profession and work-integrated learning.

Graduate with the skills to tackle complex problems such as climate change, and how to use spatial data to understand changing landscapes.

Course objectives

Graduates of this course typically work for local and state government, not-for-profits, and the private sector. People with a combination of environmental and technical skills are in demand, with employers including environmental consultants. Graduates can conduct field research and map and report on those findings. They can combine these practical skills with desktop investigations and spatial analyses. All parts of society are needing to make informed decisions about complex issues to do with biodiversity, climate change, bushfire responses and liveable cities, to name a few. Graduates of this course are equipped to tackle these challenges.

Learning Outcomes

1 Synthesise theory and contemporary knowledge in environmental geospatial science fields to define problems and solutions.

2 Justify solutions to a range of complex environmental geospatial science problems by applying data collection and analysis techniques

3 Manage the design, documentation, and resourcing of geospatial science solutions in diverse environments workplaces, and across contested environment issues

4 Develop and justify your own positions on environmental geospatial science issues in line with principles of sustainability.

Practical experience

Field skills

The course provides a range of practical experiences, from being able to assess fuel loads for bushfire planning, to assessing urban bushland for biodiversity values. Being able to research and write a management plan or give practical advice about changing coasts is all part of the learning in this course.

Living laboratory

Our campuses are close to a diverse range of environments from urban to remote. Within 30 minutes of the Sandy Bay campus, you can access the Tasmanian wilderness to the north of Mt Wellington/kunanyi. This unparalleled access makes for rich learning in best practice approaches for environmental stewardship.

This course is supported by Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ). Through EIANZ, there is a range of professional learning opportunities and a formal mentoring program.

Work placement

KGA709 Professional Placement

Through this authentic, problem-based unit, you will be encouraged to develop contacts within their profession and with broader stakeholders. The unit has learning that will encourage students to practise key employability skills and develop their skills as reflexive practitioners, reflecting on their values, professional ethics and professional codes of practice. Assessments will enable students to apply discipline specific knowledge and insights from the scholarly literature to everyday planning and management practices.

Via authentic assessment tasks, students will enhance their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Assessments emphasise important transferable employability skills, such as clear writing, oral presentation skills, report writing, field and professional skills (e.g. preparing a CV, writing briefing notes, addressing selection criteria).

Career outcomes

The job market for people with a combination of environment and geospatial science skills is strong and getting stronger as infrastructure projects associated with COVID recovery ramp up demand within local government and environmental consultancies. Employers consistently ask for environment graduates who have a sophisticated knowledge and ability to create, analyse and present spatial data as well as being able to conduct environmental fieldwork and have knowledge of environmental planning. The combination of technical geospatial skills with environmental skills makes graduates more employable than an environment course on its own.

Our teaching team is in an ideal position to train geospatial professionals. We are ranked above world standard (ERA 5) for outstanding research performance and provide students with unique experiences that directly relates to delivering a distinctive and place-based experience.

Specialist geospatial skills give graduates access to a range of jobs at both entry-level with government, industry or a not-for-profit, including the following:

Environmental Project Officer
Environmental Consultant
Environmental Scientist
Environmental Technician
Geographic Information Systems Officer
Natural Resource Officer
Natural Environment Project Officer
Sustainability Advisor

Course structure

This degree may be completed in 3 or 4 semesters depending on level of qualifications on entry and your discipline preparedness. You may be eligible for the 3 semester course if you have a Bachelor degree in a science field with a major in Environmental Management and Spatial Sciences completed to a standard of achievement that is deemed acceptable by the College. Students in the 3 semester course are exempt from the transition units in their first year and require 50 credit points. Units should be selected to fill in knowledge and skill gaps and will depend on the applicant’s disciplinary strengths.

Four semester students should complete 200 credit points. All students complete a second year consisting of 100 credit points. In second year, 50 credit points will consist of the independent Research Thesis Pathway, or Professional Research Pathway. If a student meets the requirements for entry into our independent research stream, then the units KGA742 Research Thesis A and KGA743 Research Thesis B will replace KGA703 Professional Research Methods and KGA704 Professional Research Practice. Independent Research stream requires a coursework average of 75% or over in the first year of the Master of Environmental Geospatial Science (full-time equivalent) and approval of a research topic from both a supervisor and the Unit Co-ordinator.

Units in this degree contribute either 12.5 or 25 credit points per unit to your total. Look at the individual unit details to see the credit points and other details for each unit.

Year 1

Core Units

KGA507

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2
Online	Semester 1
Online	Semester 2

Master of Environmental Geospatial Science (P7B)

Overview 2023

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Field skills

Living laboratory

Career outcomes

Course structure

Earth, Climate and Life

Ecosystem Conservation

Environmental Impact Assessment

Fundamentals of Spatial Information

Environmental Geographic Information Science B

Environmental Remote Sensing A

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

Professional Placement

Advanced Earth Observation

Reserve System Planning

Environmental Geographic Information Science C

Remote Sensing: Drone Photogrammetry

Professional Research Methods

Professional Research Practice

Research Thesis A

Research Thesis B

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