ENE3608 Environmental impact assessment and management systems
Faculty of Engineering
ENE3608 Environmental impact assessment and management systems is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 7 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ENE3608. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ENE3608
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ENE3608
No unit lists ENE3608 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: CIV3201, ENE3602, ENE3603
Prerequisite: Must have passed 72 credit points
Overview
This unit aims to develop an understanding of the role and basis for environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental management systems (EMS). The unit focuses on the processes involved in producing an EIA or EMS, with a particular emphasis on synthesising technical, regulatory and community issues. The unit aims to encourage you to integrate your existing knowledge in environmental engineering, applying it to real projects. Through lectures, practice classes, individual assignments and group project work, you should develop skills and knowledge in preparing major EIA and EMS reports, their presentation and communication as well as their engineering context.
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for ENE3608.
Assessment
- Summary of an EIA and critiquing the EISThreshold hurdle5%
- Environmental policy for projectThreshold hurdle10%
- Develop EIS / EMS table of contentsThreshold hurdle10%
- First version of EIS / EMSThreshold hurdle10%
- Final version of EIS / EMSThreshold hurdle15%
- Class participation (active learning, peer assessment and practice classes)Threshold hurdle15%
- Final assessmentThreshold hurdle35%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1The role of engineering in sustainable development; role of environmental impact assessment and environmental management systems in society; knowledge of relevant environmental legislation, policies, industry codes of practice and Australian or international standards; government, industry and community perspectives on engineering projects; key concepts of life cycle analysis, environmental auditing, waste prevention, cleaner production, community consultation, economic analysis, in engineering projects; types of environmental impact assessment and environmental management system methodologies; major report writing, teamwork and oral presentation skills; research skills; skills in synthesising environmental information.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 4-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-8 hours independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ENE3608?
ENE3608 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ENE3608 offered?
ENE3608 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is ENE3608?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ENE3608 have an exam?
No. ENE3608 has 7 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Available
- Handbook years
- 20202021