Master of Sustainable Development CU15

Program at a glance

Duration: 2 years full-time, 4 years part-time
Mode & Location: external online
Courses/Units of Credit: 10 courses/80 units of credit
Faculty: Faculty of Arts, Health & Sciences (ISRD)
Entry: direct
Accreditation: not applicable
Residential School: not applicable
Practicum/Work placement: not applicable
Exit awards: Graduate Diploma of Sustainable Development
Interim awards: not applicable
Contact: Program Administrator on 07 4930 9054 or email msd-isrd@cqu.edu.au
International students: not applicable
CRICOS program codes: not applicable

Program outline

This program is designed to:

Program structure

To satisfy the requirements of this award, students must complete 10 courses or 80 units of credit as outlined below. If students choose the project option, they must complete a project (two courses) as well as three courses from one of the three streams. If they choose the 'no project' option, they must complete three courses from any one of the three streams, and two electives from any of the remaining nine stream courses on offer. The five core courses must be completed within the degree. To provide a foundational basis, the five core courses must be taken before, or concurrently with, others.

Course aims, topics covered and assessment overview are detailed at http://www.isrd.cqu.edu.au/isrd/awards/pages/fs.htm.

All students are required to complete:

Course Code Course Title
SOCL20077 Theories and Concepts of Sustainable Development
MGMT20083 Models of Sustainable Development
EVST20009 Thinking Systemically and Sustainably
COIS20064 Scholarly Information Sources (CU15)
SOCL20075 Researching Sustainably

OPTION 1

OPTION 2

Course Code Course Title
GENE20116 Special Project (CU15)

Electives can be chosen from:

Natural Resources Stream

Course Code Course Title
EVST20001 Land Management and Rehabilitation (CU15)
EVST20010 Water Management (CU15)
ENEV20007 Energy, Resources and Environment (CU15)
ENEV20008 Environmental Engineering (CU15)

Economics Stream

Course Code Course Title
ECON20025 Economics of Environmental Resources (CU15)
LAWS20039 Environmental Law and Regulation
TOUR20003 Sustainable Tourism Development (CU15)
ECON20021 Economics of Regional Development

Community Stream

Course Code Course Title
SOCL20059 Ecology, Culture and Politics
CULT20005 Cultural Policy (CU15)
SOWK20005 Communities: Social Policy, Planning and Action Overview
WELF20040 Working with Communities (CU15)

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Entry

Applicants should have either:

Applicants who do not have tertiary qualifications may enter the program through the Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma of Sustainable Development.

Computing requirements

It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that all students will have access to the Internet.