Graduate Certificate in Environment

Course code: GC-ENV

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Duration

6 months full time / 1 year part time

Mode (Location)

On campus (Parkville)

Intake

March, July

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Fees

AUD $24,496 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available

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Duration

6 months full time

Mode (Location)

On campus (Parkville)

Intake

March, July

Key dates

Fees

AUD $28,496 (2026 indicative first year fee)

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English language requirements

IELTS 6.5: with no band less than 6.0

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CRICOS code

040953G

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Overview

Course structure

The Graduate Certificate in Environment is a 50-point program (typically four subjects), made up of:

Core subject (12.5 points) in Environmental Sustainability
Elective subjects (37.5 points) from an approved list in consultation with an academic advisor.

Elective subjects can include an applied research project, an industry internship, or an overseas field trip.

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Explore the subjects you could choose as part of this certificate.

Core

Complete the following subject:

Accordion
Environmental Sustainability · 12.5 pts	Environmental Sustainability is one of two core subjects for the Master of Environment degree. This subject provides students with a strong foundation in interdisciplinary understanding of critical environmental sustainability issues, and how and why they have emerged, in the context of policy, management, and governance across scales and sectors. Exploring environmental sustainability through an interdisciplinary lens, this subject considers concepts and principles fundamental for understanding the complex nature of the environmental crises facing humanity and, in turn, for developing solutions. Environmental Sustainability will cover: • The fundamental earth system processes that provide humanity’s life-support system; • The conditions that have led to the Anthropocene, and its implications for life as we know it; • Global and local environmental challenges, including for biodiversity, water, energy, and food, in relation their natural and social environments; • Complex social-ecological systems and their role in contributing to and solving critical environmental sustainability issues; • Different perspectives, and the influence of worldview, values and beliefs on sustainability; • The role of individuals, governments, business and innovation in building a sustainable future; and • Management, governance, and social-ecological issues for achieving environmental sustainability. View detailed information in the Handbook

Accordion

Environmental Sustainability · 12.5 pts

Environmental Sustainability is one of two core subjects for the Master of Environment degree. This subject provides students with a strong foundation in interdisciplinary understanding of critical environmental sustainability issues, and how and why they have emerged, in the context of policy, management, and governance across scales and sectors.

Exploring environmental sustainability through an interdisciplinary lens, this subject considers concepts and principles fundamental for understanding the complex nature of the environmental crises facing humanity and, in turn, for developing solutions. Environmental Sustainability will cover:

• The fundamental earth system processes that provide humanity’s life-support system;
• The conditions that have led to the Anthropocene, and its implications for life as we know it;
• Global and local environmental challenges, including for biodiversity, water, energy, and food, in relation their natural and social environments;
• Complex social-ecological systems and their role in contributing to and solving critical environmental sustainability issues;
• Different perspectives, and the influence of worldview, values and beliefs on sustainability;
• The role of individuals, governments, business and innovation in building a sustainable future; and
• Management, governance, and social-ecological issues for achieving environmental sustainability.

View detailed information in the Handbook

Electives

Select 37.5 points from the approved list of subjects (in consultation with an academic advisor):

Accordion
Tailored specialisation · 50 pts	Employers in the environmental sector seek graduates who are able to integrate knowledge across disciplines, collaborate effectively in cross-disciplinary teams, and translate information for different audiences. New areas of environmental specialisation are emerging that require synthesis of knowledge from historically distinct fields, for example combining a knowledge of environmental sustainability with business entrepreneurship, or drawing on knowledge of public health to improve landscape planning processes, or practices that require advanced knowledge of both energy systems and environmental law. The tailored specialisation is designed to support students to develop skills for integration, collaboration and translation while gaining depth of knowledge in one or more fields of inquiry. The flexible structure enables student to tailor subject selection to meet personal learning objectives, developed in consultation with an academic advisor. Graduates will work in roles that require translation of knowledge across different specialisations or in emerging ‘boundary crossing’ specialist roles. View detailed information in the Handbook

Accordion

Tailored specialisation · 50 pts

Employers in the environmental sector seek graduates who are able to integrate knowledge across disciplines, collaborate effectively in cross-disciplinary teams, and translate information for different audiences. New areas of environmental specialisation are emerging that require synthesis of knowledge from historically distinct fields, for example combining a knowledge of environmental sustainability with business entrepreneurship, or drawing on knowledge of public health to improve landscape planning processes, or practices that require advanced knowledge of both energy systems and environmental law.

The tailored specialisation is designed to support students to develop skills for integration, collaboration and translation while gaining depth of knowledge in one or more fields of inquiry. The flexible structure enables student to tailor subject selection to meet personal learning objectives, developed in consultation with an academic advisor.

Graduates will work in roles that require translation of knowledge across different specialisations or in emerging ‘boundary crossing’ specialist roles.

View detailed information in the Handbook