The Master of Environmental Management is a 72-unit program offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
It articulates with the 18-unit Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and the 36-unit Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management, and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.
Candidates who have completed either of these courses are awarded credit for related topics. Up to 36 units of credit may be awarded to students with appropriate honours level studies. Up to 18 units of credit may be awarded to students with relevant professional experience.
Admission requirements
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
Course aims
The course is designed to provide students with a sound understanding and appreciation of current issues and skills in environmental management.
The course examines environmental policies, strategies and management systems, with a major focus on the recognition and development of sustainable environmental management in both urban and non-urban environments.
Students may also undertake some study of specific environmental problems, research methods, geographical information systems, and environmental economics, philosophy or politics.
The course is international in scope, but case study material will draw especially on the experience of Australia and other countries within the Asia-Pacific region.
Learning outcomes
Students who complete the Master of Environmental Management will be able to:
- demonstrate an adanced understanding and appreciation of current issues in environmental management
- identify and understand the main theories, issues and complexities shaping the environment in which contemporary policymakers work
- demonstrate and apply an advanced understanding of sustainable development practices in both urban and non-urban environments
- demonstrate and apply a sound understanding of the challenge of environmental management and associated environmental management tools
- demonstrate knowledge of research principles and methods and complete a research project.
Program of study
To qualify for the Master of Environmental Management, a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core - Year 1 topics
36 units comprising:
ENVS7711 Environmental Management (4.5 units)
ENVS9701 Sustainable Environmental Management (4.5 units)
ENVS9712 Environmental Policy Development/Analysis (4.5 units)
Plus 22.5 units from the list of option topics from Option - Year 1 and 2 topics or, with the approval of the Course Coordinator, any other topics from across the University at the requisite level that meet the educational aims and learning outcomes of the course.
Core - Year 2 topics
36 units comprising:
DVST9023 Research Practice in Development Studies (4.5 units)
Plus either:#
ENVS9890A Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
ENVS9890B Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
ENVS9890C Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
ENVS9890D Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
ENVS9890E Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
ENVS9890F Major Research Project (4.5/27 units)
Plus 4.5 units of option topics from Option - Year 1 and 2 topics
Or
ENVS9880A Minor Research Project (4.5/13.5 units)
ENVS9880B Minor Research Project (4.5/13.5 units)
ENVS9880C Minor Research Project (4.5/13.5 units)
Plus 18 units of option topics from Option - Year 1 and 2 topics
Plus units from Option - Year 1 and 2 topics or, with the approval of the Course Coordinator, any other topics from across the University at the requisite level that meet the educational aims and learning outcomes of the course, to make up the total units in the degree to 72 units.*
Option - Year 1 & 2 topics**
BUSN9229B Sustainability and Ethics in Management (4.5 units)
BUSN9231B Global Business Context: An Asian Pacific Context (4.5 units)
DVST8701 Sustainable Development GE (4.5 units)
EASC8702 Global Climate Change GE (4.5 units)
EASC9700 NCGRT Australian Groundwater School (4.5 units)
EASC9772 Physical Hydrogeology GE (4.5 units)
ENVS7701 Coastal Management (4.5 units)
ENVS8711 Australian Environmental Change GE (4.5 units)
ENVS8732 Environmental Impact Assessment GE (4.5 units)
ENVS9731 Public Health Aspects of Water Quality (4.5 units)
GEOG8712 Asian Regional Development GE (4.5 units)
GEOG8761 Caring as Country: Indigenous Environmental Management GE (4.5 units)
POAD9119 Regionalism, Decentralisation and Governance (4.5 units)
POAD9129 Environmental Policy and Governance (4.5 units)
POLI9004 Politics of Climate Change (4.5 units)
STEM8002 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems GE (4.5 units)
STEM8004 Modelling in Space and Time, Geostatistics and GIS GE (4.5 units)
**Recommended option stream in Applied Population Studies:
PPHR9701 Population Studies GE (4.5 units)
PPHR9762 Applied Population Data Analysis (4.5 units)
PPHR9741 Women's Health and Child Survival (4.5 units)
PPHR9742 Population and Environment GE (4.5 units)
PPHR9772 Equity and Human Resource Development (4.5 units)
Or, with the approval of the Course Coordinator, any other topics from across the University at the requisite level that meet the educational aims and learning outcomes of the course.
#Note that students who wish to use their masters qualification to satisfy entry into a Flinders University research higher degree program are required to have completed at least an 18 unit thesis.
