Tackling the Big IssuesCareers in planning and environmental management

Professor James Shulmeister

School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management

The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management (GPEM)

gpem.uq.edu.au

TACKLING THE BIG ISSUES

The School of GPEM sits in the Faculty of Science at The University of Queensland which was ranked 65 in the 2012-13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings

ERA Rankings The following fields were judged above world standard: Human Geography, Urban

and Regional Planning, Built Environment and Design, Environmental Science and Management

The following have been rated at world standard: Physical Geography, Environmental Geoscience

In the 2012 QS World University subject rankings UQ scored: 18th in Environmental Science, 58th in Natural Sciences and in the top 100 in Geography and Earth and Marine Sciences

UQ also placed 26th in the world in the most recent Times Higher Education discipline ranking in life sciences, and top in Australia.

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The School Overview

The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management at The University of Queensland works to understand the processes, structures, and interfaces of natural and human systems and to use this knowledge to create and inform the next generation of knowledge leaders and to help shape policy, planning and management to enhance sustainability

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The School

Science Policy Management

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Our People

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• Centre for Spatial Environmental Research

• Queensland Centre for Population

Research

• Climate Research Group

• Environmental & Social Planning Research

Group

• Landscape Ecology & Conservation Group

• Biophysical Remote Sensing Group

Research Centres & Groups

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Climate Change and Adaptation

Sustainable Cities

Marine and Coastal Processes and

Management

Sustainable Livelihoods

Conservation and Natural Resource

Management

5 Key Themes

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Current Research

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• Physical Geography Laboratories

• Marine Laboratory

• Climate Station

• Field and Surveying Equipment

24 hour access computer labs with specialised applications such as

• General statistical, demographic or climatological analysis software

• Remote Sensing: Leica Geosystems including ERDAS Imagine and Leica Photogrammetry Suite; ENVI/IDL; Definies Developer

• GIS (all ESRI ArcGIS products via a site licence)

• Town planning schemes

Access to Australia’s most extensive marine science teaching and research facilities, with field stations in the Great Barrier Reef (Heron Island), Low Isles and Moreton Bay (North Stradbroke Island).

Facilities & Resources

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Where our students come from

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• Bachelor of:• Environmental Management

• Regional and Town Planning

• Science (Geographical Science)

• Arts (Geography)

• Postgraduate Coursework Programs:• Environmental Management

• Geographic Information Science

• Regional Development

• Urban and Regional Planning

• Development Practice (Development Planning)

Postgraduate Research Degrees• PhD

• MPhil

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Programs

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Entry Requirements

• 64 units – 4 years

• OP/Rank 12/76

Program Description

The UQ program focuses on sustainability with key planning elements centred around the topics of

• land-use planning

• urban design

• economic development

• planning practice

• infrastructure planning

• resource management

• transport planning

• planning law.

Lecturers have a strong understanding of planning theory in practice and work in conjunction with guest lecturers from industry to ensure students have access to real-life case studies straight from the professional sector.

Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning

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Bachelor of Arts Geography

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Entry Requirements• 48 units – 3 years• OP/Rank 10/81

Program Description

Geographers study patterns and processes of natural and built environments and of human activities, and their causes and consequences. They collect, analyse and report this information to enable informed decision making to take place. Geographers are actively involved in addressing many of today's big issues such as climate change and population growth.

Entry Requirements• 48 units – 3 years• OP/Rank 10/81• Mathematics B plus one of

Chemistry or Physics

Bachelor of Science Geographical Science

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Bachelor of Environmental Management

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Entry Requirements• 64 units - 4 years• OP/Rank 12/76

Program DescriptionThe UQ program focuses on sustainability with key elements centred around the topics of:

• Business & sustainability• Industrial Ecology and Cleaner Production • Conservation & wildlife management• Environmental monitoring and assessment• Global change• Marine and coastal management• Parks and wildlife management• Regional natural resource management

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Entry Requirements

• 24 units – for students with a Bachelors degree in a planning or cognate discipline

• 32 units – for students without a background in planning (not currently approved for international intake)

Program Description

The UQ program focuses on sustainability with key planning elements centred around the topics of

• land-use planning

• urban design

• economic development

• planning practice

• infrastructure planning

• resource management

• transport planning

• planning law.

Lecturers have a strong understanding of planning theory in practice and work in conjunction with guest lecturers from industry to ensure students have access to real-life case studies straight from the professional sector.

Master of Urban & Regional Planning

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Entry Requirements

• 24 units – for students with a Bachelors degree in a GIS or graduate certificate/diploma in GIS

Program Description

The UQ program focuses on producing high quality graduates with practical experience in

• Remote sensing technologies

• GIS software – LEICA, ERDAS

• GIS project management

• Remote sensing and air photo interpretation

• Spatial information systems

The lecturers in this program are some of the world’s leading researchers in remote sensing.

Master of Geographic Information Science

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Master of Development Planning

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Entry Requirements• 24 units – for students with a Bachelors degree in

any field with a GPA of 5• OR a graduate diploma in Development Practice

from UQ with a GPA of 5.

Program DescriptionThe UQ program focuses on planning and management of development. Majors can be taken in the following topics:• Community development• Planning for social development• Politics of global development• Development planning

Lecturers have a strong understanding of the dilemmas of social, political and economic development and the means to develop solutions to these problems.

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Masters of Regional Development

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Entry Requirements• 24 units – for students with a Bachelors degree in

any field or a graduate certificate/diploma in regional development.

Program DescriptionThe UQ program focuses on the study of regions and processes of regional change. The coursework focuses around theoretical and applied knowledge of:

• Regional, political and planning issues• Creation of tools, methods and theories of regional

analysis• Concepts and techniques of component disciplines

Lecturers have a strong understanding of regional development and the processes of regional change, and work in conjunction with guest lecturers from industry to ensure students have access to real-life case studies straight from the professional sector.

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Masters of Environmental Management

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Entry Requirements• 24 units – for students with a Bachelors degree in

any field or graduate certificate/diploma in Environmental Management

Program DescriptionThe UQ program focuses on sustainability with key elements centred around the topics of• Conservation biology• Conservation and natural resource management• Resource and environmental economics• Sustainable development

There is a strong emphasis on practical experience through fieldwork. There is also an opportunity to participate in a field trip through Northern Queensland to meet with practitioners of Environmental Management and understand its applications in the field.

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PASS For first year undergraduate

students to help with the transition in to tertiary study

Postgrad Assist Small group mentoring during the

transition in to postgraduate coursework study

Postgraduate Online Network An online peer to peer support network

for postgraduate coursework students

Student Support

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GEMS – Geography and Environmental Management Study GEMS is involved in a wide variety of leisurely

pursuits; the club also provides academic opportunities such as research seminars, industry nights and chances to interact with postgrads and staff in social settings.

OOPS – Organisation of Planning Students OOPS targets its events to all undergraduate and

postgraduate town planning students. Their main focus is to provide social and professional events that are highly relevant and enjoyable for our members.

Student Groups

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Alumni• Guy Gibson was one of UQ’s earliest graduates of the Bachelor of

Regional and Town Planning program (BRTP), now he is helping to shape the profession in Queensland. He is on the board of ‘Urban Futures Brisbane and is Lend Lease’s general manager for their communities business in Queensland.

• Cole Gainer is finishing his studies while working in the UN's Department of Economic and Social Development (DESA) and is currently working on projects which look at climate change and managing water scarcity and drought in post-conflict countries.

“My international regulatory frameworks class was like a UN internship crash course. It introduced me to a majority of the treaties, conventions, and concepts that are hands down what every environmental management graduate should know,”

• Jo Nightingale’s studies in Geographical Information Science (GIS) led her to NASA. She now works as a Research Scientist with Sigma Space Corporation and is also a contractor in the Terrestrial Information Systems Branch at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre.

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The School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management works extensively with all levels of government on a number of joint projects.

It takes a leading role in policy development to ensure adequate planning for the future at the local, national and global level.

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