Overview | Honours | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	ANU Joint Colleges of Science
Academic Contact:	Dr Sara Beavis and A/Professor Bear McPhail
Areas of Interest:	Earth and Marine Sciences, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability, Policy Studies, and Resource Management and Environmental Science

Description:

Water is a critical issue for societies and the environment in Australia, in our region, and in many other parts of the world. This issue will continue to be one of the highest priorities for governments in the future due to the pressures exerted by population growth and climate and environmental change. The minor in Water Science and Policy provides students with the opportunity to develop knowledge central to the understanding and management of water resources, and to develop expertise and undertake research relevant to water within the biophysical sciences and from a policy perspective.

Learning Goals:

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

1. Understand water resources in Australia, the region and the world, in the context of the complex interplay between climate, land, water, people and economic development.
2. Integrate information across a range of disciplines into a comprehensive analysis of water issues.
3. Appreciate the relationships between raw data and their interpretation(s), and how lack of knowledge or uncertain knowledge influence decision making relevant to water.
4. Critically analyse quantitative and qualitative data relevant to water quality, use and management; and manipulate quantitative data and develop conceptual models of complex systems.
5. Develop, apply and integrate scientific and policy knowledge in a professional context.

Requirements

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

 

A maximum of 6 units chosen from the following 1000 level courses:

EMSC1006 The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science

EMSC1008 Earth: the Chemistry and Physics of our Planet

ENVS1001 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability

ENVS1003 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research

ENVS1004 Australia's Environment

ENVS1008 Sustainable Development

 

A minimum of 18 units chosen from the following courses:

EMSC2014 Surficial Processes: Source to Sink

ENVS2020 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management

ENVS3005 Water Resource Management

ENVS3028 Environmental Policy

ENVS3033 International Environmental Policy

EMSC3023 Marine Biogeochemistry

EMSC3025 Groundwater

EMSC3028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science

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