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).  EMDV8008 Research Proposal is a pre-requisite for the Research Project.

Students’ selections of electives may comprise a balance of courses from across the fields of economics, social sciences, biophysical sciences, governance and analytical tools from within the Crawford School or from other areas within the ANU.  Following are some relevant electives available.  Electives are available upon approval from the Program Director.

• EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health & Development
• EMDV8009 Asia Pacific Environmental Conflicts: Causes and Solutions
• EMDV8078 Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
• EMDV8101 State, Society & Natural Resources

Alternatively, students may choose their electives to specialise in one of the following areas:

Economics and Business

• EMDV8078: Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
• IDEC8053: Environmental Economics
• CRWF8001: Economic Globalisation and the Environment
• BUSN7017: Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility
• IDEC8018: Agricultural Economics & Resource Policy
• IDEC8088: Applied Economics: Cost/Benefit Analysis

Water Management  

• ENVS6555: Water Resource Management
• CRWF8013: Water Economics & Governance
• ENVS6304: Land and Catchment Management
• ENVS6022: Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
• LAWS8123: Water Resources Law      (pre-requisite LAWS8189:  Fundamentals of Environmental Law)

Governance and Policy

• POGO8032: Comparative Public Sector Management
• EMDV8009: Asia Pacific Environmental Conflicts: Causes and Solutions
• EMDV8007: Environmental Policy and Communications
• POGO8082: Political Institutions and Policy Processes
• IDEC8007: Aid and Development Policy

Climate Change

• CRWF8006: Climate Change Policy & Economics
• CRWF8009: Energy Politics and Governance
• ENVS8003: Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
• CRWF8014: Domestic Climate Change Policy & Economics
• ENVS6307: Climate Change Science & Policy
• DEMO8088: Population, Climate Change & Sustainable Development

Society and Environment

• ANTH8047: Resource Projects & Indigenous Peoples
• ANTH8038: Introduction to Gender & Development
• POGO8095: Development Policy & Practice
• CRWF8001: Economic Globalisation & the Environment
• CRWF8016: Food Wars; Food Security & Agricultural Policy
• EMDV8001: Environmental Sustainability, Health & Development
• EMDV8101: State, Society and Natural Resources
• ANTH8028: Introduction to Social Impact Studies

Law and Policy

• LAWS8189: Fundamentals of Environmental Law
• LAWS8180: International Climate Law      (pre-requisite:  LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law)
• POGO8082: Political Institutions and Policy Processes
• POGO8083: Policy Advocacy
• LAWS6503: Law and the Environment       (for non-law students interested in environmental issues)
• LAWS8123: Water Resources Law            (pre-requisite:  LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law)

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.