Is environmental management for you?

The Master of Environmental Management produces graduates who can constructively engage with complex environmental concerns that confront contemporary society. Read more ...

What you will study

The Master of Environmental Management will help you develop specialist knowledge of issues of national and global consequence, including, water management, sustainability and ecosystem health, environmental legislation and policy, environmental impact assessment, climate change policy and conservation biology. Read more ...

Your future

The Master of Environmental and Business Management provides you with a unique combination of skills that are useful for both enhancing promotion, building a new set of saleable skills, or for moving career path. Read more ...

Is environmental management for you?

The Master of Environmental Management produces graduates who can constructively engage with complex environmental concerns that confront contemporary society. Combining theory with practice, this degree program gives you an excellent grounding in sustainability, environmental management, impact assessment and policy allowing you to participate in various environmental management projects and decision making processes.

Regardless of your background – whether from environmental science, resource management, geography, social science or humanities – the understanding and insight gained from this degree will greatly benefit your career prospects.

With better understanding of the environment and current political climate, you will become more engaged in the leading environmental and social issues affecting both the public and private business sectors.

If you want to develop advanced knowledge, gain exciting insights, all with the flexibility to control your learning – then look no further. The Master of Environmental Management has everything for you to succeed.

What you will study

The Master of Environmental Management will help you develop specialist knowledge of issues of national and global consequence, including:

• water management
• sustainability and ecosystem health
• environmental legislation and policy
• environmental impact assessment
• climate change policy
• conservation biology.

In addition to these, you can choose from a range of other courses to tailor the degree to your own needs and interests. These include science-based approaches to applying environmental science in policy contexts, marine ecology and management, as well as project management. There are also courses on health related matters, Indigenous perspectives and development concerns.

You'll study contemporary environmental issues from practical and theoretical perspectives. Developing a sound understanding of the key approaches in environmental management and decision-making, you’ll expand your critical appreciation of sustainability, ethics, governance and cultural difference in relation to environmental practice and management. If you are interested in studying courses within the Master of Environmental Management, without the commitment of enrolling into the whole degree program, you can do so. Choose one or two courses that you are interested in to enhance your current skills and stay up to date with the latest in environmental policy and planning.

Maybe research is your passion? This program can lead to entry into the Master of Environmental Management (Honours). This program is currently studied on-campus only and enables you to undertake a research component in an area of interest to you. This opens up opportunities to specialize in an area to advance your career or apply to complete a research higher degree (PhD).

Your future

The Master of Environmental Management provides you with a unique combination of skills that are useful for both enhancing promotion, building a new set of saleable skills, or for moving career path. The growing importance of environmental management skills at all levels of employment will continue to make this degree attractive whether you are working for non-government organisations, government or the private sector.

The Master of Environmental Management offers theoretical insights that will expand your horizons, as well as having a strong emphasis on practical problem solving.

Stretching your understanding of environmental matters, it will advance your ability to integrate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries, and to creatively engage on local, national and global levels.

This 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.