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Hobart, Launceston

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Unit name Environmental Management
Unit code KGA223
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Sciences and Engineering
School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
Discipline Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
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Learning Outcomes

1

Analyse the context of, and conflicts associated with, environmental management/sustainability issues and make a case for the purposes and goals of environmental management.

2

Recognise, assess and explain the roles and responsibilities of governments, the private sector and civil society in relation to environmental management.

3

Review and critique the regulatory, economic and voluntary instruments, and decision-making frameworks employed in environmental management.

4

Develop professional ability to formulate and communicate (through written reports and oral presentations) effective management solutions  through teambased and individual projects.

Fees

Requisites

Prerequisites

Admission into a Masters course OR (KGA171 - Global Geographies of Change AND KGA172 - Space, Place and Nature) OR (KNE211 - Engineering Design and Project Management)

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

  • KGA323 AND KGA514

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Hobart/Launceston: 2 x 1-hr lectures for 13 weeks, 5 x 2-hr workshops, seminar.

Assessment

2-hr exam (40%), management report in two parts (40%), workshop quizzes and presentation(20%)

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Textbooks

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