ENE5042 Environmental impact and risk assessment
Faculty of Engineering
ENE5042 Environmental impact and risk assessment is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 6 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ENE5042
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ENE5042
No unit lists ENE5042 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be currently enrolled in a master’s course in engineering or related STEM and in a related discipline. The unit assumes that you have the necessary foundational knowledge.
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Overview
This unit aims to develop an understanding of the role and basis for environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental risk assessment (ERA) and environmental management systems (EMS). The unit focuses on the processes involved in producing a comprehensive approach to identifying, assessing and planning management processes, with a particular emphasis on synthesising technical, regulatory and community issues. The unit encourages you to integrate your existing knowledge in environmental engineering and apply it to real projects. Through lectures, practice classes, individual assignments and group project work, you should develop skills and knowledge in preparing major EIA, ERA and EMS reports, your presentation and communication as well as your
engineering context.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Daily risk assessmentPortfolioThreshold hurdle5%
- Environmental policy for projectProjectThreshold hurdle8%
- First version of EIS/ERS/EMSProjectThreshold hurdle10%
- Final version of EIS/EMSProjectThreshold hurdle15%
- Weekly activities and quizzesProjectThreshold hurdle12%
- Final assessmentQuiz / TestThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe the concepts of EIA, ERA and EMS.
- 2
Determine the role of these assessments and management systems in society, especially the relevant environmental legislation, policies, codes of practice and local/international standards.
- 3
Comprehend the government, industry and community perspectives on engineering projects.
- 4
Apply key concepts of life cycle analysis, environmental auditing, waste prevention, cleaner production, community consultation and economic analysis in engineering projects.
- 5
Critically reflect on novel and innovative approaches to synergise different management system with proper assessment approaches.
Workload and teaching
- Practical activities24 hours
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of 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.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Victor Chang
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Victor Chang
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ENE5042?
ENE5042 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ENE5042 offered?
In 2025, ENE5042 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ENE5042?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ENE5042 have an exam?
No. ENE5042 has 6 assessment tasks and no exam.