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1276

ENVMGT 746

: Collaborative Environmental Management
2020 Semester One (1203)
An exploration of participatory management and its potential for engaging communities, resource users and stakeholders in the pursuit of sustainable development. Students will examine strategies for incorporating local knowledge within conservation practices and for reconciling natural resource management with human welfare, social justice and indigenous rights.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1277

ENVMGT 748

: Coastal Management
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores the physical, social and policy dimensions of coastal management. The nature of coastal environments is a function of physical coastal dynamics, the history of human occupation and utilisation of the coast, and governmental decision making. Discusses shifts in management approaches in the coastal environment, using national and international examples to highlight key coastal management issues.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1278

ENVMGT 748

: Coastal Management
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores the physical, social and policy dimensions of coastal management. The nature of coastal environments is a function of physical coastal dynamics, the history of human occupation and utilisation of the coast, and governmental decision making. Discusses shifts in management approaches in the coastal environment, using national and international examples to highlight key coastal management issues.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1279

ENVMGT 748

: Coastal Management
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores the physical, social and policy dimensions of coastal management. The nature of coastal environments is a function of physical coastal dynamics, the history of human occupation and utilisation of the coast, and governmental decision making. Discusses shifts in management approaches in the coastal environment, using national and international examples to highlight key coastal management issues.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1280

ENVMGT 748

: Coastal Management
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores the physical, social and policy dimensions of coastal management. The nature of coastal environments is a function of physical coastal dynamics, the history of human occupation and utilisation of the coast, and governmental decision making. Discusses shifts in management approaches in the coastal environment, using national and international examples to highlight key coastal management issues.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1281

ENVMGT 749

: Ethical Environmental Futures
2025 Semester One (1253)
We face urgent environmental challenges that require innovative responses to affect better environmental futures. This course will analyse environmental uncertainty and its implications; examine the interface between environmental technologies and society; consider environmental responsibilities, values and ethics; and situate environmental solutions within their wider sociopolitical and economic context. Students will engage with strategies to achieve sustainable and just outcomes.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1282

ENVMGT 749

: Ethical Environmental Futures
2024 Semester One (1243)
We face urgent environmental challenges that require innovative responses to affect better environmental futures. This course will analyse environmental uncertainty and its implications; examine the interface between environmental technologies and society; consider environmental responsibilities, values and ethics; and situate environmental solutions within their wider sociopolitical and economic context. Students will engage with strategies to achieve sustainable and just outcomes.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1283

ENVMGT 749

: Ethical Environmental Futures
2023 Semester One (1233)
Analyses the interface between environmental technologies and society, considering environmental responsibilities, values, and ethics; situates environmental technological 'solutions' within their wider sociopolitical and economic context. Students will consider the contexts of sustainability and environmental justice with respect to the futuring of technology.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1284

ENVMGT 749

: Environmental Sociotechnologies
2022 Semester One (1223)
Considers contemporary environmental change in the context of the fourth industrial revolution, including the development of artificial intelligence. New environmental possibilities and responsibilities are considered such as: how technologies are developed; by and for whom, and for what purpose; how they are used and their implications. These are considered within the broader political, economic, cultural and ethical contexts of environmental sociotechnologies.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1285

ENVMGT 751

: River Management
2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores biophysical, socio-economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of river management, contextualising the situation in Aotearoa New Zealand in global terms. A proactive and precautionary approach engages generatively with river futures, scoping sustainable solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Policy, planning and on-the-ground applications are outlined.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1286

ENVMGT 751

: River Management
2024 Summer School (1240)
Explores biophysical, socio-economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of river management, contextualising the situation in Aotearoa New Zealand in global terms. A proactive and precautionary approach engages generatively with river futures, scoping sustainable solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Policy, planning and on-the-ground applications are outlined.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1287

ENVMGT 751

: River Management
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores biophysical, socio-economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of river management, contextualising the situation in Aotearoa New Zealand in global terms. A proactive and precautionary approach engages generatively with river futures, scoping sustainable solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Policy, planning and on-the-ground applications are outlined.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1288

ENVMGT 751

: River Management
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores biophysical, socio-economic, cultural and institutional dimensions of river management, contextualising the situation in Aotearoa New Zealand in global terms. A proactive and precautionary approach engages generatively with river futures, scoping sustainable solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Policy, planning and on-the-ground applications are outlined.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1289

ENVMGT 760

: Special Topic
2021 Semester One (1213)
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1290

ENVPHYS 100

: Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa
2024 Semester One (1243)
The atmosphere, oceans and land make up the dynamic environment of Aotearoa New Zealand. A range of phenomena with natural beauty can be described elegantly with simple scientific laws. This course establishes the physical principles underlying nature, empowering students to explain everyday environmental phenomena. These principles provide the foundation to unravel the science of Earth, climate and environmental change, and energy systems.
Subject: Environmental Physics
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1291

ENVPHYS 100

: Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa
2023 Semester One (1233)
The atmosphere, oceans and land make up the dynamic environment of Aotearoa New Zealand. A range of phenomena with natural beauty can be described elegantly with simple scientific laws. This course establishes the physical principles underlying nature, empowering students to explain everyday environmental phenomena. These principles provide the foundation to unravel the science of Earth, climate and environmental change, and energy systems.
Subject: Environmental Physics
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1292

ENVPHYS 100

: Sun, Sand, Surf: Science of Aotearoa
2022 Semester One (1223)
The atmosphere, oceans and land make up the dynamic environment of Aotearoa New Zealand. A range of phenomena with natural beauty can be described elegantly with simple scientific laws. This course establishes the physical principles underlying nature, empowering students to explain everyday environmental phenomena. These principles provide the foundation to unravel the science of Earth, climate and environmental change, and energy systems.
Subject: Environmental Physics
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1293

ENVPHYS 200

: Earth Observations and Models
2025 Semester Two (1255)
An experiential study of applications of environmental physics. The analysis and modelling of laboratory, field and remote sensing observations to explain the state and behaviour of the atmosphere, oceans and the solid earth. Topics include radiation, cloud and aerosol processes, seismic waves and Earth’s magnetic and gravity fields. It develops transferable skills in acquiring measurements, data analytical methods and laboratory techniques.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: 15 points from ENVPHYS 100, PHYSICS 100, 102, 120, 121, 160, EARTHSCI 120 and 15 points from MATHS 108, 110, 120, 130, 199, STATS 101-120
Restriction: GEOPHYS 213
1294

ENVPHYS 200

: Earth Observations and Models
2024 Semester Two (1245)
An experiential study of climate and environmental physics. The analysis and modelling of laboratory, field and remote sensing observations to explain the state and behaviour of the atmosphere, oceans and the solid earth. Topics include radiation, cloud and aerosol processes, energy balance, circulations and seismic waves. It develops transferable skills in acquiring measurements, data analytical methods and laboratory techniques.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: 15 points from ENVPHYS 100, PHYSICS 100, 102, 120, 121, 160, EARTHSCI 120 and 15 points from MATHS 108, 110, 120, 130, 199, STATS 101-120
Restriction: GEOPHYS 213
1295

ENVPHYS 200

: Earth Observations and Models
2023 Semester Two (1235)
An experiential study of climate and environmental physics. The analysis and modelling of laboratory, field and remote sensing observations to explain the state and behaviour of the atmosphere, oceans and the solid earth. Topics include radiation, cloud and aerosol processes, energy balance, circulations and seismic waves. It develops transferable skills in acquiring measurements, data analytical methods and laboratory techniques.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: 15 points from ENVPHYS 100, PHYSICS 100, 102, 120, 121, 160, EARTHSCI 120 and 15 points from MATHS 108, 110, 120, 130, 199, STATS 101-120
Restriction: GEOPHYS 213
1296

ENVPHYS 200

: Earth Observations and Models
2022 Semester Two (1225)
An experiential study of climate and environmental physics. The analysis and modelling of laboratory, field and remote sensing observations to explain the state and behaviour of the atmosphere, oceans and the solid earth. Topics include radiation, cloud and aerosol processes, energy balance, circulations and seismic waves. It develops transferable skills in acquiring measurements, data analytical methods and laboratory techniques.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: 15 points from ENVPHYS 100, PHYSICS 100, 102, 120, 121, 160, EARTHSCI 120 and 15 points from MATHS 108, 110, 120, 130, 199, STATS 101-120
Restriction: GEOPHYS 213
1297

ENVPHYS 300

: Atmosphere, Ocean and Earth Physics
2025 Semester One (1253)
The physics basis for dynamical behaviours of the atmosphere, ocean, and solid earth. Topics include the general circulation in the atmosphere, development of storms and convection, emergence of climate states, as well as seismic, gravitational and magnetic imaging of the Earth's interior. An emphasis is placed on the fundamental conservation laws and processes that control geophysical systems.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: PHYSICS 201, and ENVPHYS 200 or GEOPHYS 213, and 15 points from ENGSCI 211, MATHS 253, 260
Restriction: GEOPHYS 310, 311
1298

ENVPHYS 300

: Atmosphere, Ocean and Earth Physics
2024 Semester One (1243)
The physics basis for dynamical behaviours of the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth. Topics include the planetary general circulation, development of storms and convection, emergence of climate states, gravity, magnetism and seismology. An emphasis is placed on the fundamental conservation laws and processes that control geophysical systems.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: PHYSICS 201, and ENVPHYS 200 or GEOPHYS 213, and 15 points from ENGSCI 211, MATHS 253, 260
Restriction: GEOPHYS 310, 311
1299

ENVPHYS 399

: Capstone: Environmental Physics
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Students will employ core methodologies (experimental, observational, numerical) to investigate some aspect of climate and environmental systems such as key atmospheric, ocean or solid earth geophysical phenomenon. They will relate their findings to contemporary research in the field, considering wider societal aspects and issues. Students will develop their skills in communication, critical thinking, teaching and creative problem solving.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: ENVPHYS 300
Restriction: EARTHSCI 399, GEOG 399, PHYSICS 399
1300

ENVPHYS 701

: Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores physical processes underlying Earth's climate using observations, modelling and predictions. Spans geophysical fluid dynamics, Earth's energy budget, the meridional and vertical heat imbalances, and processes linked to seasonal and long-term climate variations and changes. Explores quasi-geostrophic and wave theory to describe general circulation, Hadley and midlatitude circulations in the atmosphere, Sverdrup balance and western boundary currents in the ocean.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: ENVPHYS 300 or 30 points from PHYSICS 201-203, 231, 240, 244, 251, 261
Restriction: GEOPHYS 711