EMDV8010 Tools and Processes for environmental and Resource Management (12 units)

Offered By	Environmental Management and Development Program
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Environmental Management & Development
Offered in	First Semester, 2009 and First Semester, 2010
Unit Value	12 units
Course Description	The course introduces students to qualitative and quantitative research methods used by the social sciences to study sustainable environmental management. The course will increase students' knowledge of how research is designed and implemented and will enable them to assess the quality of research required as an input into policy making. The course will involve the development of a research proposal that will be implemented in the second semester as part of the Research Project course. This course is a pre-requisite for EMDV8066 Research Project.
Learning Outcomes	Students attending this course will learn: to position research within the major paradigms of science and to assess the rigor of proposed research; to use a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods; to develop research questions and hypotheses and to choose appropriate methods to research them; to prepare research proposals.
Indicative Assessment	Tutorial assignments 10%; quantitative assignment 30%; qualitative assignment 25%; research proposal 35%
Workload	5 contact hours and about 15 hours reading and writing per week
Assumed Knowledge and Required Skills
Preliminary Reading	Papers from academic journals and books
Programs	Master of Climate Change and Master of Environmental Management and Development
Other Information	Delivery Mode: Semester 1; on campus
Academic Contact	Luca Tacconi

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