Honours Overview

Description

An Honours in Natural Resource Management provides you with advanced training and the skills needed to manage natural resource systems and help conserve the environment. Numerous career paths are open to graduates, with key employers including Commonwealth and State departments and agencies with responsibilities in the area of environment, conservation, climate change policy, agriculture and food, primary industries etc., as well as private sector firms working in the resource sector and primary industries, and non-governmental organisations such as Landcare.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) apply economic principles to solve complex environmental management problems; (2) understand the strengths and weaknesses of the different policy instruments available to manage environmental problems at the individual, firm, and global scale; (3) frame and solve complex natural resource management problems as quantitative problems; (4) understand and apply environmental valuation techniques; and (5) apply project and risk management concepts and techniques to support decision making in an environmental and natural resource management context.

Entry requirements

The equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Natural Resource Management major in the Bachelor of Science or the Economics single or double major in the Bachelor of Commerce.

Intake periods

Beginning of year and mid-year

Courses

Honours in Natural Resource Management can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
Take all units (36 points):
AvailabilityUnit codeUnit nameUnit requirements
S1, S2 SCIE4402 Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-CONBI Conservation Biology
or HON-ZOOLY Zoology
or HON-BOTNY Botany
or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science
or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science
or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management
or HON-MARSC Marine Science
or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science
or 72520 Master of Biological Science
or 72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 72540 Master of Hydrogeology
or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics
or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics
or 74230 Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics
or 74540 Master of Marine Biology
and Successful completion of
any one STAT1400 Statistics for Science
or STAX1400 Statistics for Science
or STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics
or STAX1520 Economic and Business Statistics
or SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis
or SCIE4401 Data Use in Science
or ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science
S1 SCIE4510 Applied Cost Benefit AnalysisNone
S1, S2 SCIE5571 Dissertation Part 1
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science
or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science
or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management
or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science
or 72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 71580 Master of Biotechnology
or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics
or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics and satisfy eligibility criteria for research project
or dissertation
S1, S2 SCIE5572 Dissertation Part 2
Co-requisites
Successful completion of
or Enrolment in
Unit(s) SCIE5571 Dissertation Part 1
S1, S2 SCIE5573 Dissertation Part 3
Co-requisites
Successful completion of
or Enrolment in
Unit(s) SCIE5572 Dissertation Part 2
S1, S2 SCIE5574 Dissertation Part 4
Co-requisites
Successful completion of
or Enrolment in
Unit(s) SCIE5573 Dissertation Part 3
Take 2 units (12 points) from this group:
AvailabilityUnit codeUnit nameUnit requirements
S1 ECON4410 Environmental and Resource Economics
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-ECONS Economics
or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management
or HON-ECNPF Professional Economics
or 61550 Master of Professional Engineering
or 42330 Graduate Diploma in Economics
or 42620 Master of Economics
or 42580 Master of Public Policy
or 72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 62550 Master of Professional Engineering
or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics
or 62540 Master of Ocean Leadership
S2 ECON5511 Climate, Energy and Water Economics
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
HON-ENVSC Environmental Science
or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management
or 72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics
or 73540 Master of Petroleum Geoscience
or 62540 Master of Ocean Leadership
and Successful completion of
one Unit(s) ECON1120 Environmental Economics 1
or Unit(s) ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
or Unit(s) ECOX0101 Introduction to Economics
or Unit(s) ECON1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
or Unit(s) ECOX1102 Macroeconomics: Money and Finance
or Unit(s) ECON2224 Environmental Economics 2
S2 ENVT4406 Using Drones for Catchment and Environmental Management
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 72540 Master of Hydrogeology
or 72520 Master of Biological Science
or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science
or HON-GGRPY Geographical Sciences
S1, S2 ENVT4411 Geographic Information Systems Applications
Incompatibility
Unit(s) GEOG2201 Geographic Information Systems (ID 1384)
S1, S2 ENVT4421 Fundamentals of Environmental Management
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
72530 Master of Environmental Science
or 25530 Master of Urban Design
or 13550 Master of Environmental Planning
or 12250 Graduate Certificate in Environmental Planning
or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science
or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management
or HON-GGRPY Geographical Sciences
Incompatibility
ENVT4404 Environmental Planning and Management