Overview
This stream enables students to specialise and gain deeper knowledge across a broad range of disciplines, including sustainable systems engineering, industrial ecology, sustainability sciences and management. Core courses are coupled with a choice of elective courses from several UNSW faculties covering non-technical topics essential for sustainability, such as environmental economics, … For more content click the Read More button below.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Students need a recognised four year Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline of engineering with a minimum 65% average. Relevant field experience is highly desirable.
Students with a science background and appropriate academic and professional experience may also be considered (e.g. students with a background in ecology, environmental science, geography, biology, earth science, marine biology plus relevant professional experience).
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Master of Engineering Science - MEngSc8338 - Engineering Science
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 96 UOC.
Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge Core Courses18 Units of Credit:
Disciplinary Knowledge Core Course6 Units of Credit:
Advanced Disciplinary Knowledge Electives
Disciplinary Knowledge Prescribed Electives
Research Courses18 Units of Credit:
Sustainability Mgmt & Frameworks Electives
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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
Additional Information
Advanced Standing
A student may apply for credit towards the program as per the UNSW Recognition of Prior Learning Policy and Procedures. Students with a four-year honours degree where a thesis was completed can be exempt from up to 48 UOC of courses which include disciplinary courses, enquiry-based courses and elective courses. For students without a thesis in their undergraduate program, 18 UOC of enquiry need to be completed, independent of their WAM average through the program.
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