Associate Degree in Environmental Science

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Australian Catholic University North Sydney Campus

Comments about Associate Degree in Environmental Science - On Campus - North Sydney - New South Wales

• Objectives
  This course provides a pathway into the Bachelor of Environmental Science. The course educates students to contribute to the monitoring and management of processes and activities that affect the environment. The course provides students with understanding and practical competence in the scientific, social, ethical and legal dimensions of the practice of environmental science.
• Entry requirements
  New South Wales Recommended studies: 2 units Mathematics.
• Academic title
  Associate Degree in Environmental Science
• Course description
  Associate Degree in Environmental Science
  AssocDegEnvSc
  
  160 cp
  
  Minimum duration: 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
  
  Course available at: Sydney (North Sydney), NSW
  
  EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.
  
  1. Requirements for Completion of the Associate Degree
  
  To qualify for the Associate Degree, a student must complete 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
  
     1. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
           1. 80 cp from Environmental Science Units;
           2. 80 cp from Science Units;
  
              and
  
     2. required Volunteer Experience.38
  
  Schedule of Unit Offerings
  
  Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
  
  Environmental Science Units
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  ENVI100     10     Environmental Issues
  ENVI201     10     The Australian Environment: Values and Ethics
  ENVI202     10     Environmental Legislation and Planning
  ENVI204     10     Soils and Water (Pre: ERTH100 Earth Science)
  ENVI206     10     Environmental Impact Assessment
  ERTH100     10     Earth Science
  INFO102     10     Introduction to Data Analysis
  INFO201     10     Environmental Data Analysis (Pre: INFO102 Introduction to Data Analysis)
  
  Science Units
  
  Biology
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  BIOL101     10     Fundamentals of Biology
  
  Ecology
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  BIOL102     10     Principles of Ecology (Pre: BIOL101 Fundamentals of Biology)
  BIOL227     10     Vegetation Ecology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology and INFO201                                                 Environmental Data Analysis)
  
  Chemistry
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  CHEM100     10     Fundamentals of Chemistry
  CHEM102     10     Physical Chemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)
  CHEM201     10     Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)
  CHEM203     10     Environmental Chemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)
  
  Physics
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  PHYS105     10     Environmental Physics
  
  Volunteer Experience
  Unit Code     Credit Points     Unit Name
  ENVI205     0     Volunteer Experience
  
  38 Volunteer Experience is normally completed by the end of Year 2.
  
  

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