Overview
The Master of Sustainable Development takes a holistic approach, providing students with the knowledge and skills that are particularly relevant for a wide range of sustainability careers within local, state or federal government, businesses and NGOs. The course addresses the implementation of sustainability at local, regional and global levels, and … For more content click the Read More button below.
The Core module provides a sophisticated understanding of some of the most important dimensions of Sustainable Development practice, including: sustainability issues and implementation at the global, regional and local levels; urban and regional sustainability; climate change adaptation, sustainability education; and sustainability and international development within Asia. Within this Core module, each student is given an opportunity to build their professional resume by undertaking a career-relevant internship or practical project for academic credit.
Professional Electives enable students to acquire professional skills in areas including: project management, community development and strategic communication.
Policy Electives give students an opportunity to develop specialised expertise in areas such as: environmental impact assessment, energy policy, GIS, and environmental management, policy and law.
Finally, the course concludes with a Capstone program that gives students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and research skills by undertaking a Research Dissertation (that could qualify students seeking admission to a PhD) or a Research Project.
Admission requirements
Enrolment restrictions
Special requirements
Entry requirements (onshore)
English language requirements
Learning outcomes
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Graduates of the Master of Sustainable Development demonstrate advanced and integrated mastery of theory and practice pertaining to sustainability within:
households and communities; urban and regional areas; mining industries and communities; the Asia Pacific region; and in regards to climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Graduates demonstrate and apply knowledge of research principles and methods relevant to sustainable development scholarship and practice
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Graduates have the cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise the knowledge of the sustainable development field and that of related disciplines. Key competencies include complex systems thinking and the integration and synthesis of different disciplinary perspectives
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Graduates have the cognitive and technical skills required to develop programs, policies and visions that enhance sustainable development within households, communities, urban and regional areas, and globally. Graduates can identify and interpret sustainable development problems across different scales and design context-specific strategies for improved sustainability outcomes
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Graduates have the written and oral communication skills to explain and justify methodologies and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences
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Working independently and within teams, graduates apply sustainable development knowledge and skills: with creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and scholarship; and ethically and with high level personal autonomy and accountability
Structure
48 credit points
Required Units27 credit points
Specified Elective Units21 credit points
Professional outcomes
Accrediting bodies