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3101

ENVMGT 742

: Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
2020 Semester One (1203)
An examination of the social dimensions of global environmental change. This includes a review of the history of climate science, the interaction of science with other knowledges, and contemporary debates surrounding climate change as well as other forms of environmental change. It also examines the different ways in which people respond to environmental risks and changes, and the challenges associated with mitigation and adaptation policies.
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3102

ENVMGT 746

: Collaborative Environmental Management
2025 Semester One (1253)
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
3103

ENVMGT 746

: Collaborative Environmental Management
2024 Semester One (1243)
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
3104

ENVMGT 746

: Collaborative Environmental Management
2023 Semester One (1233)
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
3105

ENVMGT 746

: Collaborative Environmental Management
2021 Semester One (1213)
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
3106

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
3107

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
3108

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
3109

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
3110

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
3111

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
3112

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
3113

ENVMGT 760

: Special Topic
2021 Semester One (1213)
Subject: Environmental Management
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3114

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
3115

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
3116

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
3117

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
3118

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
3119

ENVPHYS 701

: Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics
2023 Semester One (1233)
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 Restrictions: GEOPHYS 711
3120

ENVPHYS 702

: Subsurface Characterisation with Geophysical Methods
2024 Semester One (1243)
Pertains to subsurface characterisation through the inversion of geophysical observations. The course covers a combination of rock physics, seismic methods, ground-penetrating radar, as well as gravity, magnetic and electrical methods.
Subject: Environmental Physics
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 361, ENVPHYS 300, GEOPHYS 310
Restriction: GEOPHYS 761
3121

ENVSCI 101

: Environment, Science and Management
2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores the science behind key environmental issues to recognise the role environmental science plays in understanding the interaction between humans and the environment. The complexity of environmental problems and the difficult task of integrating science, knowledge and values are discussed.
Subject: Environmental Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3122

ENVSCI 101

: Environment, Science and Management
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores the science behind key environmental issues to recognise the role environmental science plays in understanding the interaction between humans and the environment. The complexity of environmental problems and the difficult task of integrating science, knowledge and values are discussed.
Subject: Environmental Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3123

ENVSCI 101

: Environment, Science and Management
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores the science behind key environmental issues to recognise the role environmental science plays in understanding the interaction between humans and the environment. The complexity of environmental problems and the difficult task of integrating science, knowledge and values are discussed.
Subject: Environmental Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3124

ENVSCI 101

: Environment, Science and Management
2021 Semester One (1213)
Explores the science behind key environmental issues to recognise the role environmental science plays in understanding the interaction between humans and the environment. The complexity of environmental problems and the difficult task of integrating science, knowledge and values are discussed.
Subject: Environmental Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions
3125

ENVSCI 101

: Environment, Science and Management
2020 Semester One (1203)
Explores the science behind key environmental issues to recognise the role environmental science plays in understanding the interaction between humans and the environment. The complexity of environmental problems and the difficult task of integrating science, knowledge and values are discussed.
Subject: Environmental Science
No pre-requisites or restrictions