Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. have formed a suitable problem definition for their project
2. have extracted relevant information from all available sources (including all forms of information technology, library searching, client and colleague expertise, and trade literature) related to the study
3. have demonstrated the ability to adhere to work schedules
4. have demonstrated a detailed technical knowledge of the study and proficiency in all technical aspects of the study
5. have developed the ability to think critically (1)
6. have demonstrated the ability to communicate effectively by generating progress reports and interim report of study
7. identify a potential source for publication of at least one research paper (conference or journal standard) to be presented as part of the final dissertation
8. develop a plan for site visits

Master of Environmental Management course has two research units, viz EVST 21018 and EVST 21019. Both these units deal with the same research project over one year of study-period.

In the first unit (EVST 21018), the students will identify a research topic in consultation with their supervisor. They will conduct literature search, develop research methods and procure required resources to commence the project towards the end of the Term.

During the above process, the students will also submit up to 5 progress reports. These reports will form part of the final mini-thesis which will be produced at the end of year-long study.

The second unit (EVST 21019) will involve conduct of research, collection and analysis of data, write up of mini-thesis and possibly publication of research results.

On satisfactory completion of this research, the students will be able to undertake environmental tasks in a systematic manner with the view to solving local, regional or national environmental issues..

Students will negotiate a research topic in consultation with their supervisor (s) and the unit co-ordinator, in a specialist area of expertise and interest.

On completion of this research project students will be equipped the students to carry out research in environmental science or environmental management, with the view to finding sustainable solutions to environmental problems.

• Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes