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GIS for Environmental Management and Planning (ENV203)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

A hands-on introduction to geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing as used in environmental management and planning generally. Topics: spatial data analysis, map construction, classification, change detection, cartographic modelling and demographic change. Practical work includes exercises and a minor team-based or individual research project.

Contact time: 

Lectures: 2 hours per week; laboratories: 3 hours per week.

Prerequisites: 

Completion of 24 points at Part I.

Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Notes: 

Students currently enrolled, or intending to enrol, in a postgraduate environmental science course or equivalent should enrol in the higher-level option.
Off-campus students must have access to suitable computing facilities.

Used in these Courses: 

Environmental Management (BEnvMan)
Planning (BPlanning)

Used in these Minors: 

Fisheries Science

GIS for Environmental Management and Planning (ENV503)

as for ENV203, except as follows

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Prerequisites: 

Enrolment in appropriate postgraduate qualification or BEnvSc.

Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Used in these Courses: 

Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Impact Assessment
Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Sustainable Development
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Studies
Master of Arts in Asian Sustainable Development
Master of Arts in Development Studies
Master of Arts in Ecologically Sustainable Development
Master of Arts in Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Master of Veterinary Studies in Conservation Medicine