Master of Environment and Sustainability - Course structure
The Master of Environment and Sustainability is a 1.5 year program (full-time) or 3 years (part-time). It consists of 48 points at level 4 and 24 points at level 5 with 24 points of core units and 48 points of electives and projects.
You must gain a grade of Credit in all core units and a credit average overall.
The Graduate Diploma of Environment and Sustainability is a one year program (full-time) or 2 years (part-time). It consists of 48 points at level 4 with 30 points of core units and 18 points of electives. If you gain a grade of Credit in all core units and a credit average overall you may apply for transfer into the Masters degree.
You may exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in Arts after successfully completing 24 points.
Core Units
Perspectives on environment and sustainability
- ideas and assumptions behind views on the environment and sustainability
- different disciplinary approaches
- implications for policy and action
Frontiers in sustainability and environment
- scientific basis of key environmental issues
- application of concepts and frameworks of sustainability
- social and political responses to scientific evidence
Environmental governance and citizenship
- role of law and government in regulation of the environment
- role of civil society
- principles and practice of citizen advocacy
- skills in environmental negotiation and mediation
- methods used to aid decision making including strategic, environmental and social impact assessment, risk analysis, auditing, monitoring
- economic approach to environmental valuation
- application to real-world situations
Project
(Students gaining less than a Distinction average may replace the project with electives. )| Environmental internship Practical project with an organisation outside the university |
OR | Research project Supervised research |
Electives
Students may specialise in one theme or take units from different themes. Recommended for those who lack a background in ecology, economics or law:
Earth Systems, Introduction to Economics, Law and Environment, Ecological Systems and Environment.
Themes
- Working in the Corporate & Public Sectors
- Tourism
- Communities & development
- Environmental thinking & philosophies
- Environmental law
- Geographic information systems
- Global change, environmental management & citizenship
- Research methodology
You may choose any combination of electives or one of the themes listed below. Availability of units (subjects) varies from year to year. A number of electives at levels 3, 4 and 5, other than those listed below, relevant to issues of environment and sustainability, are available within the School of Geography and Environmental Science (codes starting with " GES ", "ENV", GYM" and "IDA").
You will need to consult the University Handbook before enrolment. Units offered by the Faculty of Arts are found at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-byFaculty-ARTS.html.
Note that you need to ensure that you should choose level 4 or level 5 units so that by the end of the Masters you have successfully completed a total of 24 points at level 5, i.e. units which have codes with 5 as the first digit e.g. XYZ5abc rather than XYZ4abc which indicates level 4 units. Many of the level 4 units listed also have a level 5 version.
Units offered by other Faculties can be found by choosing the relevant Faculty from the list at the top of the above-listed web page. You need to get the approval of the unit coordinator before enrolment.
You may also choose some level 3 electives, but only to a maximum of 12 points.
If you wish to gain knowledge and skills in science subjects in which you have no background, you may undertake an additional Graduate Certificate of Science Studies consisting of a 24 point sequence at levels 1 and 2.
List of Electives
* units which are also offered as part of another Masters program
# units offered in flexible mode (distance, on-line and/or intensive)