Manage complex environmental issues and create a better future.
Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Our program has a strong focus on tropical and subtropical environments and peri-urban areas, making it highly relevant to our region as well as your job prospects. In addition, you will specialise through your choice from a range of minors which include Coastal and Marine Environments, Climate Change Adaptation, Planning Studies, Environmental Health, Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Geography, Journalism, Restoration and Conservation, or Sustainability.
You’ll get plenty of authentic learning experiences with field work activities and interactions with industry partners.
You’ll also have the opportunity in your final year to undertake a work placement or advanced research project related to environmental management, giving you necessary practical experience to enter the job market or pursue further studies.
Career opportunities
Careers in the field of environmental management are diverse and include opportunities at local, state, national and international levels, in industry, government, conservation, and research organisations.
Careers in environmental management include environmental assessment and protection (air, water, land), natural resource management, ecosystem conservation and restoration, sustainable procurement and corporate stewardship, communications and public awareness, environmental education, policy and legislation development, international negotiations, and research and development of environmental technologies.
Membership
Graduates can apply to become Associate Member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) while they acquire relevant work experience. Graduates can apply for Full Membership in EIANZ after they have acquired two years of professional experience in one or more functional areas of environmental practice.
Program structure
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
COR109 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
ENS103 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
ENS120 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
SCI102 Engaging Diverse Learners
SCI110 Secondary Professional Experience 2 : Managing the Diverse Learning Environment
Developing and Graduate courses (11) 132 units
ENP211 The World of Geography Education: Curriculum A
ENS221 Teaching and Learning in Mathematics: Curriculum A
ENS222 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
ENS223 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
ENS253 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
ENS300 The Psychology of Learning
ENS351 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
GEO310 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
SUS201 Using Data for Learning
SUS202 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
PLUS select 1 course (12 units) from:
ENS330 Coastal and Marine Ecology
ENS333 Climate Change Adaptation
SRP301 Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation
SUS310 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
WPL310 Coastal Geomorphology
Minor (4) 48 units
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Coastal and Marine Environments
- Environmental Geography
- Environmental Health
- Geospatial Analysis
- Journalism
- Planning Studies
- Restoration and Conservation
- Sustainability
Elective courses (4) 48 units
Select 4 elective courses (48 units) from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law) or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- You must select and register your compulsory major(s)/minor(s) as soon as possible
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.
- Apply for your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)