The Master of Environmental Management (Honours) will expand your understanding and engagement in contemporary environmental and social issues, but will also significantly broaden your career prospects in environmental management within both the public sector and business. If you are passionate about research, the Master of Environmental Management (Honours) will enable you to undertake a research project that could progress to a research higher degree.

Postgraduate coursework in Environmental Management is undertaken in an integrated program comprising:

• Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management http://www.newcastle.edu.au/program/11699.html
• Master of Environmental Management http://www.newcastle.edu.au/program/11700.html
• Master of Environmental Management (Honours) http://www.newcastle.edu.au/program/11701.html

The program aims to produce graduates with the capability to constructively engage with the complex environmental concerns that confront contemporary societies. It emphasises the integration of theory and practice and provides an interdisciplinary grounding in sustainability, environmental management, impact assessment and policy. On completion of the program, the graduate will have a good understanding of the key approaches in environmental management, sustainability and decision-making, and well developed problem solving skills. The program is open to graduates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. It caters for both mid-career professionals wishing to gain a postgraduate qualification, upgrade and extend skills and knowledge, or move into the environmental field, and suitably qualified graduates from cognate fields.

The program can be completed over eighteen months full-time or up to 6 years part-time. The initial coursework components for the Masters program is online, with courses offered on a trimester basis. The Environmental Management Project components of the degree can only be completed on-campus and on a semester basis, either full-time across one semester or part-time across two semesters.

The Masters (Honours) program comprises eight courses (80 units) consisting of at least four Group A directed courses (40 units), and at least two Group B directed courses (20 units) and up to two elective courses (20 units) with the addition of a research project (40 units) comprised of two compulsory Environmental Management Project courses.

Elective course choices may be taken from the Group A and Group B lists below or from any other available courses offered within the University (providing that those courses are open to all students).

The program is a sound basis for careers in the various fields of environmental management, environmental policy and sustainability with government agencies, industry, corporate sector, community organisations and consultancies.