Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management

The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management is a 36-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 72-unit Master of Environmental Management and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study 
  

Admission requirements

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management (or an approved equivalent) 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.

Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management or a comparable award normally receive credit for up to 18 units towards the Graduate Diploma.

Course aims

The course is designed to provide students with an understanding of environmental processes, environmental systems, and environmental management.

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 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management will be able to:

• demonstrate an enhanced understanding and appreciation of current issues in environmental management
• identify the main theories, issues and complexities shaping the environment in which contemporary policymakers work
• demonstrate an enhanced understanding of the challenge of environmental management and associated environmental management tools.

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

A student's program of study must be prepared by the Program Approver.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Core - Year 1 topics

 GEOG7111  Challenging Environmental Management  (4.5 units)

Option - Year 1 topics*

Select 31.5 units from:

 BUSN9229B  Sustainability and Ethics in Management (4.5 units)
 EASC9700  NCGRT Australian Groundwater School  (4.5 units)
 EASC9772  Physical Hydrogeology GE  (4.5 units)
 ENVS7701  Coastal Management  (4.5 units)
 ENVS9731  Public Health Aspects of Water Quality GE  (4.5 units)
 GEOG8030  Sustainable Development: Concepts and Principles GE  (4.5 units)
 GEOG8040  Environmental Impact Assessment GE  (4.5 units)
 GEOG8712  Asian Regional Development GE  (4.5 units)
 GEOG8761  Caring as Country: Indigenous Environmental Management GE  (4.5 units)
 GEOG9020  Adapting to Climate Change GE  (4.5 units)
 STEM8002  Introduction to Geographical Information Systems GE  (4.5 units)

*Recommended option stream in Applied Population Studies:

 GEOG9050  Population Dynamics  (4.5 units)
 GEOG9141  Women's Health and Child Survival  (4.5 units)