Graduate Diploma in Planning and Management of Natural Hazards

at University of New England

Rule A Core Units
 

24 credit points
 

Complete the following units:

• Climate Change and Future Planning (GEPL407) – 6 credit points

• Natural Hazards (GEPL409) – 6 credit points

• Uncertainty, Science and Policy-Making (GEPL415) – 6 credit points

• Planning Policy for Hazards (GEPL490) – 6 credit points

Rule B Listed Units
 

24 credit points
 

Complete 24 credit points including a minimum of 6 credit points at 400 level, a maximum of 12 credit points at 300 level and maximum of 18 credit points at 500 level from the following units:
 

Note: When a unit is offered at multiple levels you can only choose ONE unit.

• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ECON429) – 6 credit points

• Environmental Impact Assessment (EM512) – 6 credit points

• Spatial Analysis and Modelling (EM533) – 6 credit points

• Introduction to GIS and Spatial Thinking (EM534) – 6 credit points

• Environmental Geology (GEOL313) – 6 credit points

• Water in the Environment (GEPL306) – 6 credit points

• Environmental Change in Australia (GEPL308) – 6 credit points

• Environmental Change in Australia (GEPL508) – 6 credit points

• Catchment to Coast (GEPL311) – 6 credit points

• Catchment to Coast (GEPL511) – 6 credit points

• Cradle to Grave: Population Geography (GEPL322) – 6 credit points

• Rural Planning and Resource Management (GEPL324) – 6 credit points

• Economic Change and Urban Development (GEPL401) – 6 credit points

• Population, Health and Environment (GEPL521) – 6 credit points

• Environmental Planning and Administration (GEPL535) – 6 credit points

• Place-making for People and the Environment (GEPL570) – 6 credit points

• Sustainability Strategies (LLM529) – 6 credit points

• Natural Resource Policy and the Community (NR511) – 6 credit points

• Politics and the Environment: Intersecting Crises (PAIS365) – 6 credit points

• Peace Through Environmental Security (PEAC504) – 6 credit points

• Globalisation as if People and Ecosystems Matter (PEAC573) – 6 credit points

• Integrated Water Resource Management (RSNR502) – 6 credit points

• Australian Social and Public Policy (SOCY313) – 6 credit points

• Global Societal Challenges (SOCY519) – 6 credit points

A candidate shall:

• hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree from a recognised university in a related field of study, for example, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography or Environmental Science; or

• hold an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate in Planning and Management of Natural Hazards from UNE.

English Language Requirements

All applicants must meet a minimum of one of the following criteria:

• English is the applicant's first language; or

• Satisfactory completion, within five years of the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in a country in which English is the primary official language or co-official language and in which English was the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed; or

• A pass grade or better in an English language subject at Australian Year 12 level or overseas equivalent; or

• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5*; or

• Equivalent Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 213 in the computer-based test or at least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component*; or

• A Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic minimum overall score of 57 with no skill less than 50*

International Fees

$28,216*

Your knowledge and skills gained from completing this course will enable employment in a range of fields including:

• environmental and town planning

• urban and regional planning

• natural resource management

• emergency management

• disaster mitigation.