Our environment has many faces: cities, wilderness, agricultural lands, the oceans and everything in between.

The Graduate Certificate of Environment has many faces too. It's a 6-month full time (or equivalent part-time) course that gives you the chance to explore a huge range of subjects that span the full breadth of this fascinating and diverse discipline.

You’ll start to develop specialised knowledge and technical skills in an environmental discipline or field of practice, and graduate with the confidence to use this know-how to create positive changes in our environment.

Our graduates go on to effect real change in the world.

Diverse and multidisciplinary

We aim to be truly flexible and collaborative in our approach to teaching and, as such, our cohort is made up of students with a hugely diverse range of backgrounds, from commerce and economics to zoology.

You'll learn to work effectively in this multidisciplinary environment, and develop the technical and analytical skills you need to research and practice in your area of specialisation.

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.

Our graduates go on to work as: strategy and policy advisors, environmental planners, project officers, sustainability specialists, private consultants, environmental scientists, ESD consultants, risk management specialists, entrepreneurs, waste management specialists.

Employers in this field include:

• Government departments of agriculture, environment and policy, including Parks Victoria
• Local government
• Environmental consultancies and start-ups
• Education and community development providers
• Not-for-profits and non-governmental organisations
• International aid agencies, including the United Nations.

Technical and professional skills

On graduating from the course you’ll have knowledge to undertake professional practice in environment or sustainability.

Additionally, you’ll have professional skills in:

• Ability to critically analyse and synthesise environmental knowledge
• Cross-disciplinary teamwork
• Scientific communication, both written and oral.

To be considered for entry, you must have completed: An undergraduate degree in a cognate discipline with a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per cent, or equivalent, or An undergr

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