Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management

at Australian National University

Program Structure

The Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management requires completion of 24 units from the below listed courses:

• ANTH8047 Land Rights and Resource Development

• ANTH8060 Gender in Resource and Environmental Management

• EMDV8007 Communicating for Environment and Climate Policy

• EMDV8082 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy

• EMDV8124 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

• EMDV8009 Asia Pacific Environmental Conflicts: Causes and Solutions

• EMDV8011 Payments for Environmental Services

• EMDV8013 Development and Environment in the Anthropocene

• EMDV8015 Study Tour: Eco-Cultural Tourism

• EMDV8017 Toxic: Environmental Pollution and Waste

• EMDV8079 Water Justice, Management and Governance

• EMDV8080 International Climate Change Policy and Economics

• EMDV8081 Domestic Climate Change Policy and Economics

• EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment

• EMDV8127 Special Topics in Water Governance

• ENVS6013 Society and Environmental Change

• ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction

• ENVS6555 Water Management

At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.

• Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 4/7; or

• Graduate Diploma or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or

• Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or

• 24 units of courses in a postgraduate program a GPA of 4/7; or

• Graduate Records Examination (GRE) General test, completed no more than 5 years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 155 for Verbal Reasoning, 155 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 in Analytical Writing and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; or

• A minimum 5 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program. 

Academic achievement & English language proficiency

The minimum academic requirement for full entry and enrolment is a Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4.0/7.0. 

However, applicants will first be ranked on a GPA ('GPA1') that is calculated using all but the last semester (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes. 

If required, ranking may further be confirmed on the basis of: 

• a GPA ('GPA2') calculated on the penultimate and antepenultimate semesters (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes; and/or

• demonstrating higher-level English language proficiency. 

Prior to enrolment in this ANU program, all students who gain entry will have their Bachelor degree reassessed, to confirm minimum requirements were met.

The annual indicative fee provides an estimate of the program tuition fees for international students and domestic students (where applicable). The annual indicative fee for a program is based on the standard full-time enrolment load of 48 units per year (unless the program duration is less than 48 units). Fees for courses vary by discipline meaning that the fees for a program can vary depending on the courses selected. Course fees are reviewed on an annual basis and typically will increase from year to year. The tuition fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and the courses selected and are subject to increase during the period of study.

Annual indicative fee for international students

$24,401