Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management

at University of New South Wales

Program Structure

Students must complete 48 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

• Core Courses (12 UOC)

• Disciplinary Knowledge Courses (24 UOC)

• Electives (12 UOC)

Core Courses

12 Units of Credit:

You must take 12 UOC of the following courses:

• Frameworks of Environmental Relations & Leadership

• Rethinking Environment: Sociocultural Theory

Disciplinary Knowledge Courses

You must take at least 24 UOC of Disciplinary Knowledge Courses.

If you complete 36 UOC of Disciplinary Knowledge Courses, then you are not required to complete an elective.

• Addressing Environmental Issues: Pathways to Change-Making

• Environmental Communication: Culture and Transformation

• Political Ecology: Sustainable Development & Justice

• Large-scale Conservation in Practice

• Corporations, Capitalism, & Transforming Environments

• Environmental Policy and Participation

• Restorative Ecologies: Permaculture Principles & Practice

• Locating Ecocultural Identities, Spaces, & Places

• Remaking Worlds: Creative & Critical Paradigm Shifts in Environment & Society

• Climate Crisis & Action

• Living Cities: Promises & Risks of Urban Environments

• Engaging Science for Environmental Leadership

• Demystifying Environmental Law: From Regulation to Rights of Nature

• Environmental Technologies: Challenges & Opportunities

• Indigenous Knowledge Partnerships in Conservation & Caring for Country

• Environmental Leadership Practicum I: Project or Internship

• Environmental Leadership Practicum II: Project or Internship

• Research Project/Thesis in Environmental Leadership

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• Electives

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• You have the option of taking up to a maximum of 12 UOC of the following courses:

• Reporting for Climate Change and Sustainability

• Environment

• Personalised English Language Enhancement

• The Science of Science Communication

• Geographical Information Systems and Urban Informatics

• Biodiversity and Conservation of Natural Resources

• Conservation in Practice

• Partnered Work Project (Online)

• Partnered Work Project (China)

• NGOs, Civil Society and Development

• Climate Change Adaptation & Development

• Social and Environmental Sustainability

• Social and Environmental Outcomes Measurement

• Leading Change for Sustainability

• Social Impact

• Corporate Responsibility and Accountability

• Project Management Framework

• Water and Wastewater Analysis and Quality Requirements

• Hazardous Waste Management

• Environmental Management

• Sustainability Assessment and Risk Analysis

• Fundamentals of Sustainable Infrastructure

• Environmental Geophysics

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Remote Sensing Applications

• Principles of Geographic Information Systems and Science

• Principles of Remote Sensing

• Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering

• Landscape Theory and Practice: Urban Ecology and Landscape Design

• Climate Law

• Law and Policy for Sustainable Development

• Natural Resources Law

• Renewable Energy Law: Structuring and Financing Renewable Energy Projects

• Law of the Sea

• International Environmental Law

• Environmental Markets

• Project Management

• Business Management for a Sustainable Environment

• Writing for Media

• Performative Communication

• Advocacy, Representation, Practice

• Environmental Management for the Mining Industry

• Oceanographic Processes

• Conservation in Aquatic Ecosystems

• Environmental Health

• Strategic Spatial Planning

• Engaging Communities

• Cultural Management and Policy

• Imperatives for a Sustainable Future

• Renewable Energy Policy

• Sustainable and Renewable Energy

• Policy, Accountability and Governance

• Power, Politics and Policy

• Policy, Advocacy and Activism in the Digital Age

• Sustainable Development and the Urban Environment

• Building Ecology and Life Cycle Thinking

• Energy and the Built Environment

• Sustainability and Habitability

• Environmental Auditing

• Managing the Sustainable Built Environment

• Planning and Urban Development

• Urban Landscape and Heritage

The program entry requirement of the 5499 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management is:

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) in any discipline with a record of academic achievement equivalent to a UNSW credit average of 65%.

English language requirements

You may be asked to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study at UNSW depending on your educational background and citizenship. English language skills are vitally important for coping with lectures, tutorials, assignments and examinations - this is why UNSW requires a minimum English language competency for enrolment.

Indicative First Year Fee

AU $40,185

Potential careers

• Environmental Managers

• Environmental Scientists

• Environmental Consultants

• Field Officers

• Ecologists

• Parks and Land Managers

• Policy Specialists

• Renewable Energy Specialists

• Environmental Planner