SpecialisationPostgraduate

ENVIRGOV02 Environment and governance

Faculty of Science

Environment and governance (ENVIRGOV02) is a specialisation worth 48 credit points, listing 10 units, taught at Clayton. It is offered in 1 course: Master of Environment and Sustainability.

Credit points
48
Units
10
Campus
Clayton
Offered in
1 course

The 2027 handbook has no page for ENVIRGOV02. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

In this specialisation you will examine the role, structure and processes of government, market and civil society in relation to the environment and sustainability agenda. You will examine social and institutional frameworks for environmental governance and the tools for environmental analysis and decision making within the context of different doctrines of development. The specialisation will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to critically analyse problems of environmental governance and sustainability to enable societal and governmental change.

Structure

Specialisation preparatory studies24 credit points
Specialist studies24 credit points
You must complete the following units plus one level 5 unit from the specialist studies in any specialisation in course S6002 Master of Environment and Sustainability or from the list of electives in this specialisation.

Courses that offer it

Learning outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of your course, and successfully completing this area of study, you will be able to:
  1. 1

    demonstrate advanced and integrated knowledge of key environmental challenges and environmental policy and management approaches to address these challenges

  2. 2

    apply expert skills and specialised knowledge to critically evaluate environmental policy and management approaches and the design and implementation of fit for purpose policy and management approaches

Common questions

Which courses offer Environment and governance?

1 course in 2020: Master of Environment and Sustainability.

What units are in Environment and governance?

It lists 10 units, including APG4554, APG5084, APG5229, APG5230, APG5426, APG5428, APG5553 and ATS2547. The structure above shows which are required and which you choose.

Specialisation details

Type
Specialisation
Study level
Postgraduate
Credit points
48
Faculty
Faculty of Science
Organisational unit
School of Social Sciences
Handbook years
2020