Master of Environmental Management

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
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study 
  

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 advanced 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:

 GEOG7111  Challenging Environmental Management  (4.5 units)
 GEOG9101  Population Environment and Sustainable Development  (4.5 units)
 GEOG9112  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:

GEOG9023 Research Design and Management  (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)
 DVST9031  Gender Analysis  (4.5 units)
 DVST9032  Gender Mainstreaming  (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)
 ENVS9731  Public Health Aspects of Water Quality  (4.5 units)
 GEOG8012  Development Problems and Solutions  (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)
 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)
 TOUR9129  Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development GE  (4.5 units)
 WMST8003  Gender, Globalisation and International Development GE  (4.5 units)

**Recommended option stream in Applied Population Studies:

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