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The Master of Environmental Management and Development will boost your career in natural resource management and environmental policy, and improve your professional ability to respond to the complex challenges of sustainable development.
Offered by the internationally-renowned Crawford School, the program will equip you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills you need to contribute to the goals of economic viability, social acceptability and environmental sustainability in different social and political contexts.
Focus areas include biodiversity conservation, climate change, social impacts, environmental governance, and management of primary resources such as water, fisheries, forests, and minerals
Career Options
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:
- identify and critically analyse complex environmental and development problems and the key issues that comprise them;
- demonstrate theoretical knowledge, research and practical professional skills, together with an appreciation of how they inform and shape debate, and an understanding of their strengths and weaknesses;
- understand, synthesise and explain contemporary environment and development policy issues from alternative disciplinary and social perspectives, and an appreciation of context;
- articulate ideas clearly and communicate these persuasively in a range of formats to diverse audiences;
- contribute to social, economic and environmental wellbeing.
Cognate disciplines
Anthropology, Economics, Development Studies, Biodiversity Conservation, Geography, Human Ecology, Policy Studies, Population Studies, Resource Management and Environmental Science, Sociology, Sustainability Science, Sustainable Development.
The Master of Environmental Management and Development requires the completion of 96 units, which must consist of:
Completion of the following pre-sessional component:
CRWF6900 Graduate Academic and Research Skills for Public Policy
EMDV6900 Graduate Preparatory Environmental Science
EMDV6903 Graduate Preparatory Environmental Economics
48 units from completion of the following initial component:
24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
EMDV8007 Environmental Policy and Communications
EMDV8013 Issues in Development and Environment
EMDV8078 Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
EMDV8101 State, Society and Natural Resources
A minimum of 12 units from completion of environment and development courses from the following list:
ANTH8014 Mining Projects and Indigenous Peoples
ANTH8106 Gender, Nature and Development
ANTH8107 The World Bank and the Organisation of Development
EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health and Development
EMDV8009 Asia Pacific Environmental Conflicts: Causes and Solutions
EMDV8026 Introduction to Environmental Science
EMDV8108 Applied Environmental and Resource Management
HGEO8001 Assessing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
A maximum of 12 units from completion of environment or development courses from the following list:
ANTH6009 Culture and Development
ANTH8049 Issues in the Design and Evaluation of Development Projects and Programs
BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia's Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS6014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6021 Participatory Resource Management: Working with Communities and Stakeholders
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6033 International Environmental Policy
ENVS6101 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6108 Sustainable Development
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6205 Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6528 Environmental Policy
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
LAWS6503 Law and the Environment
SOCY6045 Third World Development
48 units from completion of the following concluding component:
6 units from completion of EMDV8102 Research Methods for Environmental Management
6 units from completion of an economic analysis course from the following list:
EMDV8002 Methods for Environmental Decision-Making
EMDV8012 Ecological Economics and Policy
6 units from completion of an impact assessment course from the following list:
ANTH8028 Introduction to Social Impact Studies
EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
6 units from completion of a political economy course from the following list:
CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
EMDV8104 Environmental Governance
Either:
A minimum of 12 units from completion of environment and development courses from the following list:
ANTH8028 Introduction to Social Impact Studies
ANTH8038 Critical Issues in Gender and Development
ANTH8047 Introduction to Indigenous Environments
ANTH8060 Exploring Gender, Resources and the Environment
CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
CRWF8003 International Water Politics
CRWF8004 Case Studies in Economic Policy
CRWF8006 International Climate Change Policy and Economics
CRWF8011 The Global Trading System
CRWF8014 Domestic climate change policy and economics
CRWF8016 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy
CRWF8017 Energy Economics
EMDV8002 Methods for Environmental Decision-Making
EMDV8008 Research Proposal
EMDV8012 Ecological Economics and Policy
EMDV8041 Special Topics in Environmental Management and Development
EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
EMDV8104 Environmental Governance
HGEO8002 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
HGEO8003 Research in Natural Hazards and Disasters
A maximum of 12 units from completion of environment or development courses from the following list:
ANTH8007 Key Concepts in Anthropology of Development
ANTH8009 Development in Practice
ANTH8019 Practical Studies in Social Analysis
ANTH8029 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Policy
ANTH8032 Law, Order and Conflict in the Pacific
ANTH8042 Migration, Refugees and Development
ANTH8046 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Development
ANTH8056 Introduction to Humanitarian Action
DEMO8088 Population, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8005 Climate Change Science: Carbon Accounting
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
IDEC8007 Aid and Development Policy
IDEC8018 Agricultural Economics and Resource Policy
IDEC8022 Economic Development
IDEC8053 Environmental Economics
IDEC8088 Applied Economics: Cost/Benefit Analysis
LAWS8123 Water Resources Law
LAWS8180 International Climate Law
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
POGO8004 Poverty Reduction
POGO8032 Comparative Public Sector Management
POGO8044 Global Social Policy
POGO8076 Corruption and Anti-corruption
POGO8083 Policy Advocacy
POGO8095 Development Policy and Practice
Or:
18 units from completion of the following courses:
EMDV8008 Research Proposal
EMDV8066 Research Project
6 units from completion of an environment and/or development course from the following list:
ANTH8007 Key Concepts in Anthropology of Development
ANTH8009 Development in Practice
ANTH8019 Practical Studies in Social Analysis
ANTH8028 Introduction to Social Impact Studies
ANTH8029 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Policy
ANTH8032 Law, Order and Conflict in the Pacific
ANTH8038 Critical Issues in Gender and Development
ANTH8042 Migration, Refugees and Development
ANTH8046 Introduction to Australian Indigenous Development
ANTH8047 Introduction to Indigenous Environments
ANTH8056 Introduction to Humanitarian Action
ANTH8060 Exploring Gender, Resources and the Environment
CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
CRWF8003 International Water Politics
CRWF8004 Case Studies in Economic Policy
CRWF8006 International Climate Change Policy and Economics
CRWF8011 The Global Trading System
CRWF8014 Domestic climate change policy and economics
CRWF8016 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy
CRWF8017 Energy Economics
DEMO8088 Population, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
EMDV8002 Methods for Environmental Decision-Making
EMDV8012 Ecological Economics and Policy
EMDV8041 Special Topics in Environmental Management and Development
EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
EMDV8104 Environmental Governance
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8005 Climate Change Science: Carbon Accounting
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
HGEO8002 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
HGEO8003 Research in Natural Hazards and Disasters
IDEC8007 Aid and Development Policy
IDEC8018 Agricultural Economics and Resource Policy
IDEC8022 Economic Development
IDEC8053 Environmental Economics
IDEC8088 Applied Economics: Cost/Benefit Analysis
LAWS8123 Water Resources Law
LAWS8180 International Climate Law
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
POGO8004 Poverty Reduction
POGO8032 Comparative Public Sector Management
POGO8044 Global Social Policy
POGO8076 Corruption and Anti-corruption
POGO8083 Policy Advocacy
POGO8095 Development Policy and Practice
Students must complete the pre-sessional component to continue to the initial component.
Students must achieve a minimum 65% weighted average mark in the initial component to continue to the concluding component.
Students who do not achieve a minimum 65% weighted average mark in the initial component will be transferred to the Graduate Diploma of Public Policy.
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent.
All applicants must meet the University's English Language Admission Requirements for Students.
Applicants with a Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 48 units of credit.
Credit may also be available for relevant work experience.
Students must complete the pre-sessional component to continue to the initial component.
Students must achieve a minimum 65% weighted average mark in the initial component to continue to the concluding component.
Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.
- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
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