Modules
- Program structure:
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- Course syllabus 2012:
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Course modules list
Part A - Foundation modules
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Part B (1) - Integration modules |
Part B (2) - Integration modules |
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Each stream comprises two compulsory modules. Students choose one stream out of the three available specialisation streams. Course outlines are currently being developed and will be made available to students in Semester 2, 2012. Stream no.1 - International development
Stream no.2 - Water, land and people
*Exact course codes to be advised late 2011 |
Part C - Final project |
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*The course code for part-time students is WATR7501, WATR7502, WATR7503 or WATR7504, depending on academic calendar and expected semester of graduation. |
Part A - Foundation modules
(Masters, Diploma & Certificate)
Project management (WATR7000)
- Principles of project management for each stage of a project, including analysing the initial problem, scoping and designing a project, managing the administrative, logistical and financial aspects of project implementation and data analysis, and monitoring and evaluating the ongoing project. Focusing on project management for the water sector, the course emphasises participatory project management and frameworks for cross-sectoral collaboration.
Science of water (WATR7001)
- This module lays a solid foundation for you in the principles of water science, aquatic ecology and the hydrological cycle, and an understanding of the dynamic relationship between human and natural systems.
Water, sustainability and development (WATR7002)
- Broad theories underpinning global sustainable development initiatives and how they apply to water access and use. The module highlights the links between water and development concerns, particularly poverty alleviation, public health, livelihood security and gender equity.
Water governance and policy (WATR7003)
- This module gives a broad understanding of international governance, legislative and regulatory frameworks, and the principles and practice of catchment-level water policy. It highlights economic instruments, water-pricing policies, allocation and property rights, equitable water distribution, and mechanisms for safeguarding marginal groups’ access to water.
Part B (1) - Integration modules
Compulsory modules
(Masters & Diploma)
Catchment and aquatic ecosystem health (WATR7100)
- Challenges in sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems, using methodology of hydrological regimes and environmental flows, and principles and practical tools for implementing riparian restoration projects.
Water planning and economics (WATR7300)
- Roles and responsibilities of various water management stakeholder groups, receive practical tools for effective water planning, and principles and frameworks governing water economics and finance.
Part B (2) - Integration modules
Elective specialisation stream modules
(Masters & Diploma)
Each stream comprises two compulsory modules. Students choose one stream out of the three available specialisation streams. Course outlines are currently being developed and will be made available to students in Semester 2, 2012.
International development stream
- Capacity building and international development (WATR7200 - summer semester in Thailand)
- Water and sanitation (WATR7400)
Significant inequality in access to good quality water and sanitation persists globally between high and low income countries despite many decades of concerted efforts. Work to improve access is struggling to keep pace with the level of demographic changes resulting from the global drivers of population growth and urbanisation. Installed community-level water technologies frequently fall into disrepair as the institutional capacities and financing mechanisms necessary for sustainable service provision are not in place.
Students within this stream take specialist modules on 'water and sanitation' and 'community development and capacity building', and will be well equipped to pursue work with NGOs, government or aid agencies and consultancies to focus on development, water and sanitation and integrated water resource management.
Water, land and people stream
Water supports a complex range of environmental, ecological, agricultural, urban, cultural and industrial processes distributed across landscapes. As the population of the world grows towards an anticipated 9.3 billion people by 2050, landscapes are being increasingly characterised by unpredictable rainfall patterns, increasing risks of damaging drought and flooding, and competition for water to supply urban consumption, rural food production and industrial demands. The ability to understand, reconcile and negotiate tensions between communities and the environment, communities and industry, and rural and urban populations are now critical to the sustainable management of water resources, and the broader development of regional economies.
Students within this stream will take specialist modules on ‘water and agricultural landscapes’ and ‘collaborative planning’. They will be well equipped to work on some of the most difficult technical and social issues present in water resource policy and management, industrial and mining development, and indigenous and rural community engagement. There are career opportunities in government and indigenous agencies, not-for-profit sector, agricultural enterprise, mining and industrial enterprise, water utilities and environmental regulators.
Urban water stream
- Designing urban futures - climate, water and sustainability (WATR7600)
- Urban metabolism - resource and energy recovery systems
With 69% of the population of the world forecast to live in cities by 2050, the world is experiencing an unprecedented demographic process. This increasing spatial concentration of people poses significant problems in relation to managing the hydrological and ecological pressures placed on water and land systems from increased resource demands, and increased wastewater and runoff production.
However, the same spatial concentration also offers an opportunity to employ more integrated approaches to the design, governance and operation of infrastructure to recover water, energy and material inputs from waste streams including urban runoff; to combine storm flow treatment and retention features with the provision of urban liveability benefits through water sensitive urban design, and; in doing so to improve the resilience of our cities to climatic volatility and change.
Students within this stream will take specialist modules on ‘designing urban futures; water, climate and sustainability’ and ‘urban metabolism: energy and resource recovery technologies’ and be well equipped to work on the development and implementation of integrated urban water management for government agencies, water utilities, urban developers, consultancies.
Part C - Final project
(Masters)
Integrated Water Management Project (WATR7500**)
**The course code for part-time students is WATR7501, WATR7502, WATR7503 or WATR7504, depending on academic calendar and expected semester of graduation.
In WATR7500, students design and undertake self-directed project work aimed at consolidating and applying the concepts, principles and methodologies they have learned throughout the course. Students select an area of specialisation that is of personal and professional interest to them and is of value for their professional development. Students will have two supervisors and may undertake their project in Australia or overseas. Where possible, students will be linked with IWC and its partner universities.
