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SCIE28001 Rethinking Waste

Rethinking Waste

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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will focus on management of municipal and household waste streams. You will learn about product lifecycles, from design through end of use, and the related environmental impacts, including the conduct of waste audits. Specific lifecycle studies might focus on council or local government recycling initiatives, or composting at a household, community, or industrial scale. You will explore how social innovation initiatives such as makers spaces, men's and women's sheds and other similar enterprises keep materials in use longer while also benefitting social capital.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate

Unit Level: Level 8

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 8

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Undergraduate Courses: Completion of 72 credit points. Postgraduate Courses: nil prerequisites.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 1 - 2026

Melbourne

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).