Graduate Certificate in Science (Water Resources Management)

Not offered in 2021

The Graduate Certificate in Science (Water Resources Management) is an 18-unit program offered by the College of Science and Engineering.

The course articulates with the 36-unit Graduate Diploma in Science (Water Resources Management) and the 72-unit Master of Science (Water Resources Management), and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards. Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate are awarded credit towards the Graduate Diploma.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study

Admission requirements

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification in any relevant discipline of science and engineering, from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. These applicants will need to demonstrate relevant experience to an appropriate level and will be assessed at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.

Course aims

This program is designed to gives graduates in water resources management an understanding of the scientific as well as organizational, social and economic issues facing the management of water resources. Graduates will have introductory interdisciplinary knowledge in this field, and be able to strategically assess ways of addressing these issues.

Learning outcomes

Graduates of the course are expected to be able to:

• demonstrate basic understanding of scientific problems involved in the management of water
• combine a limited range of science and management methods for integrated water resources management issue
• understand management fundamentals to solve current problems and to anticipate, mitigate and prevent future problems in the area of water resources management
• identify social, political, economic and environmental impacts on water resources management
• communicate satisfactorily both orally and in writing, the nature of, and solution to, water resources management issues and problems.

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Science (Water Resources Management), a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Option - Year 1 topics

9 units selected from

EASC9772  Physical Hydrogeology GE* (4.5 units) 
ENVS8771  Ecohydrology GE*  (4.5 units)
ENVS9731  Public Health Aspects of Water Quality GE (4.5 units)
POAD8022  Public Management  (4.5 units)
STEM8002  Introduction to Geographical Information Systems GE (4.5 units)

Plus 9 units selected from

EASC8702  Global Climate Change GE (4.5 units) 
EASC8742  Groundwater Modelling* (4.5 units) 
EASC8751  Hydrochemistry GE* (4.5 units)
EASC9700  NCGRT Australian Groundwater School* (4.5 units)
EASC9701  Field Methods in Hydrology (4.5 units)
EASC9772  Physical Hydrogeology GE* (4.5 units)
EASC9782  Contaminant and Tracer Hydrology GE (4.5 units)
ENVH9704  Risk Assessment and Management (4.5 units)
ENVS8771  Ecohydrology GE*  (4.5 units)
ENVS9712  Environmental Policy Development/Analysis (4.5 units)
ENVS9722  Integrated Water Management* (4.5 units) 
ENVS9731  Public Health Aspects of Water Quality GE (4.5 units)
GEOG8040  Environmental Impact Assessment GE (4.5 units)
GEOG8761  Caring as Country: Indigenous Environmental Management GE  (4.5 units)
POAD9037  Public Financial Management  (4.5 units)
POAD9129  Environmental Policy and Governance* (4.5 units)
POAD9131  Development Administration* (4.5 units)
POAD9135  Project Governance (4.5 units)
STEM8002  Introduction to Geographical Information Systems GE  (4.5 units)
STEM8003  Remote Sensing for all Disciplines GE  (4.5 units)
STEM8004  Modelling in Space and Time, Geostatistics and GIS GE  (4.5 units)
STEM8006  Airborne Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry GE  (4.5 units)
STEM8007  Advanced Geographical Information Systems GE  (4.5 units)

*Topic offered externally.