Program summary
Program overview
Admission requirements
Program structure
Program requirements
Enquiries

Program summary

Award abbreviation: MIntegCoastZoneMgt
Degree type: postgraduate coursework
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 1 year part-time
Fee type: domestic fee-paying students
Total courses: 4
Commence: Semester 1 or Semester 2 (not available until Semester 2, 2007)
CRICOS code: not applicable

Program overview

Graduates of this program will be well equipped to meet existing and emerging professional challenges and will be able to:

• appreciate international trends in environmental assessment and management of coastal areas;
• better understand international and national obligations and commitments to applying environmental assessment processes and integrated management systems to coastal areas, in particular World
• Heritage Areas, RAMSAR wetlands and areas accorded protected area status
• proactively address the implications of environmental and climate change on coastal environments
• utilize the integrated adaptive assessment and integrated management tools and techniques designed to achieve continuous improvement in environmental outcomes in coastal areas

• more effectively assess and manage complex agricultural, industrial, infrastructure, recreational and urban development proposals for projects in coastal areas using statutory and best using statutory and best practice processes and procedures
• utilise environmental simulation modelling and decision support tools and prepare assessment and management plan documentation that meets professional and statutory requirements, and
• gain accreditation as an environmental and EA/EIA practitioner from the Environmental Institute of Australian and New Zealand (EIANZ) or equivalent overseas accreditation body

Admission requirements

To be eligible for entry into this program, students will have completed the Graduate Diploma in Integrated Coastal Zone Management.

Program structure

Required course:
ENS707 Professional Research Project (if not completed in the Graduate Diploma)

Elective courses

Plus select 3 courses from: (if not completed in the Graduate Diploma)
ENS701 Estuary and Wetland Systems Dynamics
ENS702 Economic Tools and Techniques
ENS703 Governance, Engagement and Capacity Building
ENS704 Applied Regional and Community Engagement Project
ENS706 Applied Spatial Analysis and Decision Making
ENS708 Environmental and Sustainability Auditing
ENS709 Environmental and Sustainability Auditing Project
ENS714 Climatic and Hydrological Systems Dynamics
ENS715 Applied Climatic and Hydrological Systems Project
ENS725 Applied Coastal Systems Project
ENS744 Socio-economic Impact Assessment and Planning
ENS745 Applied Estuary and Wetland Systems Dynamics Project
ENS746 Applied Socio-economic Assessment Project
ENS747 Marine Resource Management
ENS748 Marine Resource Project
ENS749 Geospatial Visualisation and Decision Support Systems
ENS750 Masters Research Project (24 units)
ENS751 Geospatial Applications Project
ENS752 Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis

Program requirements

1. Refer to the Academic Rules.
2. Refer to explanation of terms.

Enquiries

Associate Professor Peter Waterman
Tel: +61 0418 628431
Email: peter.waterman@usc.edu.au

Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5430 2869
Email: sheinfo@usc.edu.au