Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

SCI5130 20 Credit Points
Environmental Impact Assessment Practice
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit examines the role of environmental impact assessment
as part of an environmental decision making process in land use
planning, resource management and development projects. The
legislative and administrative processes for environmental impact
assessment and procedures are investigated and experience is
gained in the practice of environmental impact assessment. This
unit aims to provide students with the theoretical knowledge and
practical skills necessary to predict and evaluate impacts including
the requirements of community consultation.
SCI5131 20 Credit Points
Advances in Chemistry 1
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will contain a selection of topics from the history and
philosophy of science, and environmental chemistry and will
include participation in seminars.
SCI5132 20 Credit Points
Advances in Chemistry 2
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will contain a selection of topics from current issue in
chemistry and analytical chemistry and will include participation
in seminars.
SCI5133 20 Credit Points
Environmental and Health Risk Assessment
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
In this unit, the theory and practice of conducting environmental
and health risk assessment, communication and management are
examined. The processes and information requirements in
the assessment, communication and management of
environmental and health risks are described and the fundamental
principles of risk communication are applied to environmental and
health issues.
SCI5134 20 Credit Points
Management of Coastal and Marine Areas
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit examines the natural processes and biological
communities in near-shore coastal environments, both aquatic and
terrestrial, and the impact of human activities on these processes
and communities. Legislative and regulatory frameworks of
coastal and marine management are examined, and the constraints
on effective management are analysed.
SCI5137 20 Credit Points
Fisheries and Aquaculture
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit investigates the practices and environmental
management issues related to wild-stock fisheries and aquaculture
farms in freshwater and marine environments, with particular
emphasis on their potential impacts on the environment. Emphasis
will be placed on the data requirements and approaches used in
the management of fisheries resources.
SCI5138 60 Credit Points
Natural Resources Management Project
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit is designed to provide in-depth and practical experience
in the investigation of an important natural
resources management issue of relevance to the local or national
context. Students will be expected to identify a relevant
significant local/national issue and conduct an appropriate
literature survey as a basis for further research. Students
will prepare a research proposal and a research dissertation for
their project. Guidance will be provided in the research by the unit
tutor and a research supervisor.
SCI5139 20 Credit Points
Approaches in Natural Sciences
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit is designed to provide honours and masters students with
appropriate background in research design and implementation of
research projects in the discipline of natural sciences. The unit is
designed for students with limited training in the topic, and those
who have only just begun or are at an early stage in their research
study. Because of the wide range of approaches in the discipline,
the unit will address both qualitative and quantitative research
methods. The unit will provide common, contemporary
approaches that will form the foundation on which students can
build their projects in consultation with their supervisors.
SCI5140 20 Credit Points
Current Issues in Natural Sciences
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will examine contemporary developments in natural
sciences, with a focus on their philosophical, historical, ethical
and sociological underpinnings.
SCI5153 20 Credit Points
Advanced Topics in Environmental Management 1
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will contain a selection of topics relating to
contemporary developments in environmental management and
will include topics such as urban ecology, environmental
modeling, geographic information systems, total catchment
management and landcare programs. The unit will be
supplemented by visiting lecturers and research fellows as
appropriate.
SCI5154 20 Credit Points
Advanced Topics in Environmental Management 2
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will examine philosophical, ethical and sociological
questions relating to current approaches in environmental
management. The major ideologies framing policy, economics,
politics and law relating to the environment will be examined.
SCI5160 20 Credit Points
Science of Brewing
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will provide students with the fundamentals of
chemistry, biochemistry, biology and microbiology necessary to
the understanding of the processes of beer brewing. It will detail
the chemical structures, properties and nomenclature of
compounds used in brewing and describes the brewing processes
that occur from an elementary scientific perspective. The unit will
also introduce students to the analytical techniques involved in
beer analysis.
SCI5161 20 Credit Points
Materials and Wort
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will provide students with an understanding of the range,
selection and chemistry of raw materials used in the brewing
process and the processes involved in converting these raw
materials into wort. It will detail the processing of raw materials
before the brewing process, the chemical and physical changes
occurring in the brewhouse and describe how the selection of the
raw materials influences the characteristics of the final product.
SCI5162 20 Credit Points
Yeast and Beer
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
This unit will provide students with an understanding of the
fermentation, maturation and clarification processes to produce
beer from wort. It will explain the physical and chemical changes
that occur and the biochemistry involved in yeast metabolism.
Hygiene practices and the microbiology of spoilage organisms are
discussed. The unit will also provide students with an
understanding of quality management and the major influences on
beer stability
ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008 303