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25. Bachelor of Resource Management
    25.1. Course objectives
    25.2. Career opportunities
    25.3. Course outline
    25.4. Elective subjects

25. Bachelor of Resource Management

The first year of the Bachelor of Resource Management is offered at both the Parkville and the Dookie campuses of the University. The second year is offered at the Parkville campus only, and the location of subsequent years depends on the electives chosen. Parkville students will need to travel to the Burnley campus for a few subjects.

Resource management includes the sustainable management of our natural resources such as flora, fauna, landscapes, soil, water and air.

25.1. Course objectives

Students who have completed this course should have acquired:

• an understanding of natural resources, and how land, flora, fauna and water systems function;

• an understanding of the important land resource values and their underlying attributes;

• an understanding of the types of human activities that can affect these values and how the effects occur;

• knowledge of the social and economic framework of land resource development and use, including the structure of land related industries;

• an ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of the ways in which human behaviours can be influenced to improve outcomes in land resource management;

• an understanding of the tools and mechanisms by which land resource managers can influence human behaviour;

• an ability to demonstrate a knowledge of the legal and administrative framework in which land resource management operates;

• an understanding of integral approaches to land resource management;

• an ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of technology and practical competence appropriate to their specialisation.

25.2. Career opportunities

Graduates can expect to find employment in careers within the key areas of catchment and land management, biodiversity and land rehabilitation management and in the utilisation and management of soil, land, and water. Such careers are found in both public and private sectors, and often involve communication and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders, the ability to use technology in a management and planning context, such as land spatial information, and the ability to develop and implement policy.

25.3. Course outline

First Year (Dookie Students): As for Parkville except that 202-101 Chemistry for Land and Food Resources is offered in Semester 2, and 202-106 Land Resources is offered in Semester 1.

*Electives may be chosen from the following list or from approved subjects from other courses.

25.4. Elective subjects

Insufficient enrolments may lead to an elective subject being suspended.

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