These units are designed for professionals looking for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), reskilling or upskilling. They may also be used for academic credit.

Macquarie University is offering two micrcredentials, taught as an intensive, block-mode units. Both units are co-taught with an advanced undergraduate class. Your teacher is Professor Kirstie Fryirs.

Study each course separately (6 or 7 days) or together as one block (12 days - *fieldtrip overlaps).

MQMC0000 - Geomorphic analysis of rivers (6 days - After 1st Nov 2025 online, then 5th-10th Jan 2026 starting at MQ then in the field*)

A- pre-recorded online introductory tutorial and pre-course private study is followed by 4 days of on-campus sessions at Macquarie University (MQ), Sydney. Students then apply their skills and knowledge to geomorphic analysis of rivers in a real-world setting during a 2-day off-campus fieldtrip, which leads into MQMC0001. You will learn about:

• Basin scale analysis and catchment morphometrics.
• The spectrum of river diversity.
• Analysis of river character using instream and floodplain geomorphic units.
• Interpretation of river behaviour and erosion-deposition processes.
• Geomorphic mapping using multiple aerial resources.
• Modelling and interpreting stream power.
• Analysis of river evolution and human impacts.
• Foundations of fluvial sedimentology.

MQMC0001 - Use of geomorphology in river management (7 days - After 1st Nov 2025 online, then 10th-16th Jan 2026 starting in field* then at MQ)

A pre-recorded online introductory tutorial is followed by a 3-day off-campus fieldtrip to explore forms and processes of rivers, as well as pressing challenges for their conservation and management. This is followed by 4 days of on-campus sessions at Macquarie University (MQ). This unit is best undertaken with MQMC0000 that provides pre-requisite knowledge on geomorphic analysis of rivers. You will learn about:

• River management practice in Australia.
• The river management cycle.
• Nature-based river management techniques.
• Analyses of Natural Flood Management (NFM) for flood mitigation.
• Role playing a river rehabilitation scenario.

Cost: $2,200 per unit (inc. GST).

Closing date: Enrolments close on 1st December 2025 unless filled prior.

Quota: Numbers are capped at 10 per microcredential unit.

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1. Geomorphic analysis of rivers.
2. Use of geomorphology in river management.