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Environmental Policy and Law (ENV228)

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Description: 

This unit is intended to introduce students to environmental policy and the role played by the legal system in environmental protection, planning and management. Students are introduced to the nature of legal systems and the consequent limitations and possibilities for the implementation of environmental policy. Emphasis is given to the Australian and particularly to the Western Australian situation. The development of written communication skills is a priority.

Contact time: 

Lectures: 3 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week for 11 weeks.

Prerequisites: 

Nil.

Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Notes: 

Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.

Used in these Courses: 

Conservation and Wildlife Biology (BSc)
Environmental Management (BEnvMan)
Environmental Restoration (BSc)
Environmental Science (BEnvSc, BSc)
Planning (BPlanning)
Sustainable Development (BA, BSc)
Graduate Diploma in Education Studies

Used in these Minors: 

Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy and Law (ENV528)

as for ENV228, except as follows

Points: 

4

Enrolment Options: 

Murdoch: S2-internal, S2-external

[see Teaching Periods and Census Dates] 

Prerequisites: 

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 Energy and the Environment
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management
Postgraduate Diploma in Tourism
Master of Arts in Ecologically Sustainable Development
Master of Arts in Education for Sustainability
Master of Arts in Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
Master of Science in Environmental Science
Master of Veterinary Studies in Conservation Medicine