S3T Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies as at 14th May, 2002
Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies
Abbreviation: BNatEnvWildStud
Course code: S3T
Course contact (faculty or school) (03) 6226 2125
Introductory comments
Course coordinator: Professor J Kirkpatrick
This three years full-time or six years part-time course is offered internally at Hobart and
Launceston. The first year of the course is also available at the North-West Centre.
Admission & prerequisites
Satisfaction of the University’s minimum entry requirements for degree courses. Subject
prerequisites apply within the course.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies is for students who are
interested in gaining a wide interdisciplinary understanding of natural environments and
wilderness and developing knowledge, skills and techniques that are useful in
employment or other activities related to natural environments and wilderness.
The structure of the degree ensures that students gain a broad understanding of the field,
while being able to specialise in areas of interest to them.
The program develops a wide range of general abilities including:
•
communication skills;
•
data collection skills;
•
analytical skills;
•
•
information retrieval, manipulation and presentation skills;
the ability to work across traditional discipline areas.
Career outcomes
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to
develop knowledge and skills that will help them gain employment related to natural
environments and wilderness. Opportunities for such employment exist in a wide variety
of areas such as nature-based tourism, natural area management and natural area
interpretation. The broad nature of the course also provides more general employability in
the same way as the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts.
Course structure
Students must satisfactorily complete appropriate units with a total weighting of 300%.
The first 100% (ie the first year) must be made up of level 100 units with at least 25% taken
from those listed in Schedule A and 25% from those listed in Schedule B. The remaining
50% of first year units should be chosen from either schedule A or B or any first year units
not so listed, with a maximum of 25% from unlisted units.
The remaining 200% must be made up of level 200 and level 300 units chosen within the
following constraints: at least 25% must be taken from each of schedules C, D, E and F; no
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more than 25% of units in total should be taken outside schedules C, D, E and F at level
200, and no more than 50% at level 300; at least 75% of units should be at level 300.
Articulation
Credit for relevant units will be given to transferring students.
Another related course offered by this University is the Bachelor of Science (Natural
Environment and Wilderness Management) with Honours.
Schedule A
Unit title
Sustainable
Resource
Management
Geology 1
Geography and
Environmental
Studies 1
Chemistry 1
Chemistry for Life
Sciences
Biological
Chemistry
The Physical
Environment
Data Handling and
Statistics 1
Botany 1G
Botany 1E
Aquatic Ecology I
Zoology 1G
Zoology 1E
Chemistry 1A
Chemistry 1B
Natural Vegetation
of Tasmania
Applied Physics
campus-sem
H2w~B2wv
weight
12.5%
code
KLA115
H1&2
H1&2
25%
25%
KEA100
KGA100
L1&2
L1
25%
12.5%
KJC103
KJC161
L2
12.5%
KJC162
L2~B2
12.5%
KGA122
H2~L1/2
12.5%
KMA153
H1&2
H1&2
L2
H1&2
H1&2
H1&2
H1&2
H2
25%
25%
12.5%
25%
25%
25%
25%
12.5%
KPA150
KPA151
KQA121
KZA150
KZA151
KRA110
KRA130
KPA152
H1
12.5%
KYA171
campus-sem
H1/2~L1/2~B1
weight
12.5%
code
BMA101
H1
12.5%
FST101
H2
12.5%
FST102
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Schedule B
Unit title
Introduction to
Management
Introduction to Art
and Design Theory
1A
Introduction to Art
and Design Theory
1B
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Australian
Literature
English 1A
English 1B
Sociology A
Sociology B
Foundations of
Tourism A
Foundations of
Tourism B
Philosophy 1A
Philosophy 1B
Introduction to
Philosophy 1A
Introduction to
Philosophy 1B
Introduction to
Government A
Introduction to
Government B
History 1
Geography and
Environmental
Studies 1
Geography and
Environmental
Studies 1A
Population and
Urbanisation
L2~B2v~D2
12.5%
HEA101
H1
H2
H3/1~L1~B1~D1
H3/2~L2~B2~D2
L1
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
HEA103
HEA104
HGA101
HGA102
HGT101
L2
12.5%
HGT102
H3/1
H3/2
L1~D1
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
HPA101
HPA102
HPA181
L2~D2
12.5%
HPA182
H1~L1~B1
12.5%
HSG101
H2~L2~B2
12.5%
HSG102
H1&2~L1&2~B1&2
v~D1&2
H1&2
25%
HTA100
25%
KGA100
H1&2
25%
KGA101
L1~B1
12.5%
KGA121
campus-sem
H1
weight
12.5%
code
KLA213
H1
12.5%
KLA287 or KLA387
H2
12.5%
KLA210
[na]
12.5%
KLA314 or KLA414
H2
12.5%
KLA297 or KLA397
[na]
12.5%
KLA254 or KLA354
v=video-link
Schedule C
Unit title
Agricultural
Geology & Soil
Science
Introduction to
Plant Diseases
Microbiology and
Mycology
Insect Ecology and
Behaviour
Fundamentals of
Soil Science
Insect Diversity and
Function
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Geology 2
Fossils and
Environments
Through Time
Sedimentary
Environments
Geology for
Environmental
Scientists
Biogeography and
Climatology
Microclimatology
Environmental
Geomorphology
Botany 2
Ecology of
Tasmania
Aquatic Botany
Plant Biodiversity
Field Botany
Plant Ecology
General
Microbiology
Aquatic Ecology II
Applied and
Environmental
Microbiology
Environmental
Chemistry
Zoology 2: Animal
Form & Function
Tasmanian Fauna:
Ecological &
Evolutionary
Studies
Evolution, Ecology
& Society
Antarctic Ecology
Environmental
Adaptation
Evolutionary
Biology &
Biogeography
Freshwater Ecology
Marine Ecology
H1&2
H1
25%
12.5%
KEA205
KEA240 or KEA340
H1
12.5%
KEA338
H1&2
25%
KEA365
H1
12.5%
KGA209
H2
L1
12.5%
25%
KGA321
KJG301
H1&2
H1
25%
12.5%
KPA205
KPA210
H1
H2
H3
H1
L1
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
KPA372
KPA220 or KPA320
KPA375
KPA379
KQA207
L2
L2
12.5%
12.5%
KQA212
KQA218
H1
12.5%
KRA211
H1&2
25%
KZA205
H1
12.5%
KZA215
H2
12.5%
KZA225 or KZA325
H2
H2
12.5%
12.5%
KZA351
KZA352
H2
12.5%
KZA353
H2
H1
12.5%
12.5%
KZA355
KZA356
campus-sem
weight
code
Schedule D
Unit title
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Picturing the
Wilderness
Art, Natural
Environment and
History
Art, Natural
Environment and
Wilderness
Wilderness and
Natural
Environment
Dynamics of
Indigenous
Cultures
International
Indigenous Identity
Tourism, Sport and
Leisure
Sociology of Nature
H1
12.5%
FST205 or FST305
H2
12.5%
FSZ250 or FSZ350
H1
12.5%
FSZ251 or FSZ351
[na]
12.5%
FFA235 or FFA335
[na]
12.5%
HAB253 or
HAB353
H1~L1~D1
12.5%
[na]
12.5%
[na]
12.5%
Social Ecology
H2~L2v
12.5%
Environmental
Ethics
Place and
Environment
Australian
Environmental
Policy
Global
Environmental
Policy
Asian
Environmental
Justice
Sex, Drugs and
Toxic Waste: Risk
and Regulation
Australian
Environmental
History
Sustainable
Communities
Literature and
Environment
Historical
Geography
[na]
12.5%
HAB241 or
HAB341
HGA251 or
HGA351
HGA261 or
HGA361
HGE203 or
HGE303
HPA277 or HPA377
H2
12.5%
HPA204 or HPA304
H1~L1v
12.5%
HSD230 or
HSD330
H2~L2v
12.5%
HSD229 or
HSD329
[na]
12.5%
HSD239 or
HSD339
H2~L2v
12.5%
HSD207 or
HSD307
H2~L2v
12.5%
HTA271 or
HTA371
H2
12.5%
H1
12.5%
H2
12.5%
KGA254 or
KGA354
KGA272 or
KGA372
KGA240 or
KGA340
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Schedule E
Unit title
Environmental
Geology
Vegetation
Management
Fauna
Conservation
Management
Forest Ecosystems
campus-sem
H2
weight
12.5%
code
KEA348
H1
12.5%
KGA331
H1
12.5%
KGA332
L1
12.5%
Conservation
Geomorphology
Environmental
Impact Assessment
Wilderness and
Natural Area
Management
Environmental
Management
Agroforestry
Sustainable
Tourism
Eco and
Nature-based
Tourism
Fisheries & Wildlife
Management
H2
12.5%
H2
12.5%
KGA233 or
KGA333
KGA227 or
KGA327
KGA381
H2~L2
12.5%
KGA278 or
KGA378
H1
12.5%
L1&2
L1~H1
25%
12.5%
KGA223 or
KGA323
KJB307
HGT203
L1
12.5%
HGT201 or
HGT301
H1
12.5%
KZA354
Schedule F
Unit title
Social &
Environmental
Accounting
Environmental Law
Heritage Law
International Law
Law of the Sea
Strategic
Management
Social and Political
Research
Survey Research
campus-sem
weight
H3/1/2~L3/1/2~B 12.5%
3/1/2
code
BFA207 or BFA307
H1
[na]
H1
H1
H2~L2
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
LAW645
LAW698
LAW631
LAW632
BMA302
L1~H1
12.5%
H2
12.5%
Natural
Environment:
L1~H1
12.5%
HGA203 or
HGA303
HGA204 or
HGA304
HGT207 or
HGT307
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Interpretation
Environmental
Design 1B
Qualitative
Research Methods
Environmental
Remote Sensing
Natural
Environment Field
Techniques
Introduction to GIS
Field Mapping and
Measurement
Advanced
Geographic
Information
Systems (GIS)
Social Psychology
Data Handling and
Statistics 2
Plant Science
Research
Scientific Analysis
and Presentation
for Aquaculture
Analytical
Chemistry
Analytical and
Environmental
Chemistry 2
Antarctic Tourism
Quantitative
Methods in Biology
L1
12.5%
KDA112
H2
12.5%
H1
12.5%
HGA230 or
HGA330
KGA365
H3~L3~B3
12.5%
KGA213
H1
H2
12.5%
12.5%
KGG245
KGG275
H2
12.5%
KGG345
L1
12.5%
H1
12.5%
KHA207 or
KHA307
KMA253
H1/2
12.5%
KPA378
L1
12.5%
KQA302
H2
12.5%
KRA213
L2
12.5%
KJC252
H1w~L1w
H1
12.5%
12.5%
KSA201 or KSA301
KZA357
w=web-based
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