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Offered By:	ANU Joint Colleges of Science
Academic Contact:	A/Professor Janette Lindesay
Areas of Interest:	Development Studies, Earth and Marine Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability, and Resource Management and Environmental Science

Description:

Climate change is recognised as one of the critical challenges to the sustainability of human society and the environment, in Australia and globally. Expertise in the science and policy areas relevant to understanding climate change and its impacts, and to managing natural resources and both human and natural environments under global warming, is in demand in the private sector, at all levels of Australian government, and in research organisations. This minor combines a strong understanding of climate science with relevant knowledge in environmental policy, economics and governance, a combination that is essential to tackling the critical challenges in areas such as climate vulnerability and adaptation, water resource management and natural resource management under climate change.

Learning Goals:

On completion of the minor in Climate Science and Policy students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Evaluate current understandings of climate science and the science of climate change, and a range of response strategies to climate change, including international and Australian approaches to adaptation and mitigation.
2. Integrate knowledge relevant to climate science and climate change science and policy across disciplines.
3. Apply a range of written, oral and visual communication skills to effectively convey and discuss information about climate science and change science and policy in multidisciplinary contexts.
4. Engage with the ongoing climate change policy debate, recognising the socio-political and cultural contexts of the debate.

Requirements

This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

12 to 18 units of courses chosen from:

EMSC2021  Fundamentals of Climate System Science

ENVS2004  Weather, Climate and Fire

ENVS3001  Climate Change Science and Policy Field School

ENVS3013  Climatology

ENVS3028  Environmental Policy

ENVS3033  International Environmental Policy

6 to 12 units chosen from the following 3000 level courses including:

• 6 units from:

ENVS3020  Climate Change Science and Policy

• OR 12 units from:

ENVS3013  Climatology

ENVS3033  International Environmental Policy

Advice to Students:

Students should seek further course advice from the academic convener of the Climate Science and Policy minor.

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