Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Business Management

What you will study

The Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Business Management requires students to successfully complete 40 units, comprised of:

• 20 units of core courses.
• 10 units of courses chosen from Electives A.
• 10 units of courses chosen from Electives B.

Core courses (10 units each)

• Business and the Natural Environment
• Environmental Management

Electives A (10 units each)

• Environmental Legislation and Policy
• Applied Natural Resource Management

Electives B (10 units each)

• Organisational Behaviour and Design
• Marketing Management and Planning
• Human Resource Management
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Financial and Management Accounting
• Economics of Competitive Advantage
• Corporate Finance
• Fostering Healthy Organisations
• Understanding People in Organisations
• Systems Thinking for an Integrated Workforce

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

Students with an AQF Level 7 bachelor's degree or an AQF Level 8 bachelor honours degree are eligible for admission to the program. In special circumstances, an applicant holding other acceptable academic or professional qualifications and relevant work experience may be admitted as a candidate for the program.

English language requirements

All applicants must demonstrate that they meet the following English proficiency requirements:

• IELTS Overall Minimum: 6.5
• IELTS Sub Test Minimum: 6

Contact the university for further information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Depending on your area of specialisation, you may wish to transition into:

• Policy development
• Natural resource management
• Environmental and social impact assessment
• Systems modelling
• Business roles in the environmental sector
• Sustainability roles in business

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Apply knowledge and skills in environmental and business management across a range of contexts for ethical professional practice.
• Review, analyse and synthesise information that demonstrates the cross-disciplinary links between business and the environment as they apply to professional practice or highly-skilled work.
• Provide technical and creative solutions to environmental problems in a business context using an evidence-based approach.
• Interpret, justify and communicate combined concepts of environmental and business management, theoretical propositions and methodologies to a variety of specialist or non-specialist audiences.
• Initiate, plan and implement projects that combine elements of environmental management and business management both autonomously and as part of a team using an adaptive management framework.