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.

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.

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.

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.