Offered By	ANU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
Academic Contact	Professor Steve Dovers and Associate Professor Richard Baker
Areas of Interest	Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability, Policy Studies, and Resource Management and Environmental Science

Policy expertise is scarce in the rapidly expanding areas of natural resource management, urban environmental management, and sustainable development. There are significant career opportunities in all three levels of Australian government, as well as in the expanding regional organisations, and in the private sector. In particular, graduates with substantial policy skills matched with a sound background in areas such as water science, landscape ecology and similar areas are highly sought after, in Australia and internationally. This major offers foundational knowledge in public policy, placed firmly within the context of some of the big challenges in areas such as climate impacts and adaptation, landscape management and water resource management, including research-intensive courses and methods training.  Details of environmental policy positions that many former ANU students are now working in are at http://fennerschool-people.anu.edu.au/richard_baker/resources/formernow.html

This major provides the opportunity to develop the experience and skills to

• evaluate alternative choices of policy design and policy instruments in the context of major environment and sustainability issues, including in both Australian and international contexts;
• integrate knowledge from policy-related social science disciplines with relevant natural science knowledge;
• apply a range of written, oral and visual communication skills to effectively convey and discuss information about environmental policy; and
• engage constructively and in an informed manner in environmental policy debates.

Requirements

A minimum of 42 units including

a. no more than 12 units from:

• ENVS1001 Resources, Environment and Society
• *ENVS1003 Environment & Society Research Methods
• ENVS1008 Sustainable Development
• POLS1002 Introduction to Politics

b. at least 12 units from:

• ENVS2007 Economics for the Environment
• ENVS2010 Australia's Forests
• *ENVS2014 Qualitative Methods for Sustainability
• ENVS2013 Society and Environmental Change
• ENVS2017 Vietnam Field School

c. at least 18 units from:

• ENVS3001 Climate Change Science & Policy Field School
• *ENVS3007 Participatory Resource Management
• ENVS3020 Climate Change Science and Policy
• ENVS3028 Environmental Policy
• ENVS3033 International Environmental Policy
• *ENVS3040 Solving Complex Environmental Problems
• ENVS3041 Managing Forested Landscapes

* Students pursuing this major must include at least one of the starred courses.

It is also possible to complete a double major in Environmental Policy by completing 6 (36 units) from list c.

Fenner School Course and Major Advice

Students considering taking fourth-year Honours in the Fenner School, or enrolled in a direct-entry Honours degree program and studying in the Fenner School, are expected to take ENVS3040 Solving Complex Environmental Problems.  This course may be included in an appropriate major or taken as part of the degree more generally.

Students seeking advice on appropriate course selections are invited to consult one of the conveners of the Environmental Policy major.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.