Degree Structure

The Master of Environmental Management and Development program is a coursework degree, but may include a research project on the approval of the Program Director (EMDV 8066 Research Project).

The degree consists of 48 units, including at least 30 units of compulsory courses. Students’ selections of electives are made in consultation with the Program Director.

Most courses are worth 6 units but the research project is worth 12, so can only be taken with one other elective.

Compulsory courses:

• CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
• EMDV8002 Methods for Environmental Decision-making
• EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
• EMDV8104 Environmental Governance

and one of the following two courses: 

• EMDV8102 Tools and Processes for Environmental and Resource Management
• EMDV8010 Tools and Processes for Environmental and Resource Management (12 units)

Students’ selections of electives may comprise a balance of courses from across the fields of economics, social sciences, biophysical sciences, governance and analytical tools. Alternatively, students may choose their electives to specialise in one of the following areas:

Natural Resources

• SRES6012 Agroecology and Sustainable Systems
• SRES6021 Participatory Resource Management
• SRES6015 Introduction to Remote Sensing and GIS
• SRES6511 Environmental Biogeography and Global Ecology

Economics and Business

• CRWF8001 Economic Globalisation and the Environment
• BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility 
• IDEC8088 Applied Cost Benefit Analysis
• IDEC8053 Environmental Economics 
• IDEC8018 Agricultural Economics and Resource Policy

Water Management

• CRWF8003 International Water Politics
• SRES6555 Water Resource Management
• LAWS8123 Water Resources Law
• SRES6504 Land and Catchment Management
• SRES6007 Hydrology for Natural Resource Management

Governance and Policy

• CRWF8002 Federalism and Decentralisation
• POGO8082 Political Institutions and Policy Processes
• POGO8032 Comparative Public Sector Management
• INTR8045 Global Governance
• POGO8076 Corruption and Anti-Corruption

Climate Change

• SRES6503 Climatology
• SRES6507 Greenhouse Science and Policy
• INTR8045 Global Governance

Society and Environment

• ANTH8007 Key Concepts in Anthropology of Development
• ANTH8028 Introduction to Social Impact Studies
• POGO8008 Participation and Program Management
• ANTH8021 Modelling Human Ecosystems with Agents 
• POGO8004 Poverty Reduction

Law and Policy

• POGO8082 Political Institutions and Policy Processes
• POGO8083 Policy Advocacy
• LAWS6503 Law and the Environment

The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.