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The Master of Environmental Management and Development will boost your career in natural resource management and environmental policy, and improve your professional ability to respond to the complex challenges of sustainable development.Offered by the internationally-renowned Crawford School, the program will equip you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills you need to contribute to the goals of economic viability, social acceptability and environmental sustainability in different social and political contexts.Focus areas include biodiversity conservation, food security, climate change, social impacts, environmental governance, and management of primary resources such as water, fisheries, forests, and minerals. A wide range of elective courses from across ANU is also available. Credit and exemptions may be given for prior study and work experience, including to the pre-sessional program.

Take your existing knowledge in natural resource management to the next level in this course. Expand your career opportunities with advanced coursework covering biodiversity conservation, climate change, social impacts and environmental governance.

Master of Environmental Management and Development

Do you want to tackle one of the most important and complex environmental problems encountered by humankind? The ANU Master of Climate Change program offers significant breadth and depth of study in climate change science and policy, including economics, law, policy and governance aspects. You can develop a unique program of advanced learning suited to your individual background, interests, and career goals.This degree covers a core syllabus of climate impacts, adaptation, mitigation, climate change economics and policy including methodological approaches and practical application to current issues. It is taught by some of Australia’s leading experts in climate change analysis. A wide range of elective courses from across ANU is also available. Credit and exemptions may be given for prior study and work experience, including to the pre-sessional program.

Solve environmental problems as a climate change expert or policymaker. Prepare for a career spanning climate change risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategy development, as well as regional, national and international policy formulation.

Master of Climate Change

The Graduate Certificate of Environmental and Resource Economics will equip you with tools in economic analysis and the skills to apply them to key issues in environmental and resource economics. You will gain an understanding of markets, policies, and how to analyse environmental and resource economic challenges in Australia and internationally. Join an internationally-renowned network of leading economic practitioners and researchers at Crawford School of Public Policy.

Explore economics and its role managing natural resources including water and energy. You’ll use economic tools to analyse human interactions with the environment. Investigate where climate change sits in core economic policy.

Graduate Certificate of Environmental and Resource Economics

This Graduate Certificate of International and Development Economics will equip you with tools in economic analysis and the skills to apply them to key issues in international and development economics. You will gain an understanding of markets, policies, and how to analyse international development challenges. Join an internationally-renowned network of leading economic practitioners and researchers at Crawford School of Public Policy.

Explore how policy makers use economics to tackle real world problems of developing nations. Cover fundamental economic concepts and methods. You’ll start thinking about the connections between economic growth, inequality and sustainability.

Graduate Certificate of International and Development Economics

Environmental issues pose complex challenges for public policy. Governing issues such as biodiversity conservation, climate change, forest and fisheries management, and urban planning requires dealing with contested knowledge, uncertainty and risk, and balancing the needs and interests of humans and non-humans. In this specialisation students will analyse the challenges and opportunities that environmental issues present to public policy, and consider responses to these from national and international systems of governance.Courses in the specialisation adopt an interdisciplinary approach and provide students with a grounding in relevant frameworks, theories and practical tools to analyse environmental issues and their governance. This specialisation is aimed at an ever-widening range of people who are, or are hoping to become, environmental professionals in government, business, and community sectors.

Prepare for a future in environmental roles in government, business and community. Analyse local and global environmental challenges. Understand what it takes to change policy and governance. Become a leader in environmental change. 

Master of Public Policy: Environment and Public Policy Specialisation

The Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management provides you with an understanding of current issues and approaches to environmental management; of current regulatory and policy frameworks and the ability to contribute to the governance of environmental sustainability and disasters.

Gain a broad overview of current approaches to environmental management. You’ll learn about policy, implementation, and evaluation. Get ready for management and governance roles that respond to sustainability and natural disaster challenges.

Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management

This program offers you the opportunity to develop a cutting-edge understanding of climate policy, informed by research-led teaching delivered by some of the world’s leading researchers in climate policy. It explores fundamental concepts, contemporary issues, and leading practices for working in and researching climate policy. Core components include study of domestic and international climate policy with a focus on emissions reduction and energy, and the effective communication of climate policy. Electives are available in intersecting and adjacent policy areas including water, food, pollution, and disaster risk reduction. Courses in this program are available online, in person and via intensive delivery.

Gain a broad overview of climate policy and global climate challenges. You’ll learn about the policy making process and international frameworks. Focus on emissions reduction and energy, and the effective communication of climate policy. 

Graduate Certificate of Climate Policy

Introductory Portuguese I

Continuing Gamilaraay

Speaking Gamilaraay 1

Introductory Arabic 1

Thai 1

Sanskrit 1

Literary Chinese 1

Tetum 1

Tok Pisin 1

Vietnamese 1

The course focuses on academic Vietnamese at an advanced level on major topics related to Vietnamese society, culture, and history. The course builds up language skills to enable students to conduct independent research on a Vietnam-related topic of their choice. Students are also introduced to Vietnamese literature through excerpts of the most prominent classic works as well as works by contemporary Vietnamese authors. Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences. ﻿Each week students are expected to study for at least 10 hours as follows:<ol><li>90 minutes studying the written and audio materials for the week e.g. dialogues/ conversations, oral practice and vocabulary, and preparing for the next lesson. </li><li>80 minutes participating in two 90-minute online sessions. </li><li>120 minutes reviewing the online lessons e.g. reviewing the class recordings, organising their notes and studying new grammar and vocabulary introduced in class. </li><li>90 minutes completing regular exercises and self-practice, and reviewing feedback on their work.  </li><li>120 minutes of independent study.</li></ol>Students are expected to study for at least 10 hours for the exams.

Vietnamese 6

Building upon the second-year Vietnamese courses, this course reinforces students’ Vietnamese skills at an upper-Intermediate level and develops language skills at an advanced level with an emphasis on active language production. Besides everyday use of the language, students will develop Vietnamese skills to describe their academic interest in Vietnamese and discuss and share opinions related to their areas of interest such as cultural and socio-economic issues in today’s world and in Vietnam in particular. In addition, students will start developing specialised Vietnamese relevant to their fields of study.Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.Each week students are expected to study for at least 10 hours as follows:<ol><li>90 minutes studying the written and audio materials for the week e.g. dialogues/ conversations, oral practice and vocabulary, and preparing for the next lesson. </li><li>180 minutes participating in two 90-minute online sessions. </li><li>120 minutes reviewing the online lessons e.g. reviewing the class recordings, organising their notes and studying new grammar and vocabulary introduced in class. </li><li>90 minutes completing regular exercises and self-practice, and reviewing feedback on their work. </li><li>120 minutes of independent study</li></ol>Students are expected to study for at least 10 hours for the exams. The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University&#39;s approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Vietnamese 5

Vietnamese 4 is specifically designed to assist students in their ongoing development of Vietnamese language skills at an upper-Intermediate level, emphasizing active and contextual language production. Alongside this focus on language acquisition and refinement, students will gain an increased understanding of the Vietnamese language that reflects cultural values, and they will learn about traditional and modern Vietnamese society via textual and visual materials composed in Vietnamese. Through the study of contemporary materials, in particular, students will become familiar with the language of news media and popular culture.Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.

Vietnamese 4

Vietnamese 3 is a dynamic, intermediate-level course. Students gain comprehensive and communicative skills involved in real-world scenarios that require complex forms of grammatical constructions. This course consolidates and refines students’ ability to naturally employ their Vietnamese language skills acquired at previous levels of study. Through regular feedback and activities encouraging the development of spoken and written communication, students will learn to confidently navigate issues such as health and illness, housing and renting travel arrangements, and culturally appropriate self-expression. In addition to increasingly complex grammatical structures, this course introduces the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and cultural knowledge to prepare students for formal communication in Vietnam. Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.

Vietnamese 3

This course builds on the previous course, Vietnamese 1. The course focuses on practical and essential topics of everyday language use such as asking for directions, traveling, planning a trip, distances and modes of transport, shopping and bargaining, and talking about one&#39;s future plans. The course covers important grammatical topics such as tenses, usage of conjunctions, and more complex particles. Attention is given to the social and cultural context of language use. As students’ vocabulary and grammatical repertoire expands, Vietnamese learning at this stage is exciting and delightful. Even with limited Vietnamese, students might be amazed at how much they can express their ideas or tell their stories using simple language.  This is a fast paced academic course at a University level.

Vietnamese 2

An introduction to contemporary spoken and written Vietnamese. This subject introduces the tones, essential syntax and the writing system of the Vietnamese language. By working through a series of graded and contextualised dialogues the students will begin to develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. The context of language use includes greetings, the individual, the family, time and date. Attention is given to the social and cultural context of language use. Vietnamese is spoken by more than 90 million people in Vietnam. It is also the native language of nearly 4 million people residing overseas; it is the sixth most‐spoken language in Australia. Study of Vietnamese will put students in a unique position to enter Vietnamese‐speaking environment and to gain a deep understanding of its rich culture, friendly people, and vibrant society.
Via face-to-face video at a set time prescribed by the University. Please be aware of potential time zone differences.

This course continues on from Elementary Turkish A and corresponds to the A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will be able to communicate in familiar situations and about topics of direct relevance to their daily lives, such as shopping, employment and travelling. They will be able to exchange information on familiar matters. The students will be expected to complete online study modules weekly before attending the online live session. This course will further develop students&#39; reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Elementary Turkish B

This course will introduce students to basic Turkish language in alignment with the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students will learn how to introduce themselves, talk about their day and use simple structures and familiar phrases. They will be able to understand simple conversations if enunciated slowly and clearly. The students will be expected to complete online study modules weekly before attending the online live session. No previous knowledge of the Turkish language is required.

Elementary Turkish A

This course will build on the skills learned in Tok Pisin 3. Students will improve their Tok Pisin language skills to an intermediate proficiency. Students will learn how to discuss and write about a variety of topics including society, culture, history, politics and economics of Papua New Guinea, and the environment.

Tok Pisin 4

Students of this subject will learn Tok Pisin at a lower-intermediate level. Students will be introduced to new vocabulary, improve their grammar skills, build on their spoken Tok Pisin skills, and learn to write passages of Tok Pisin on various non-technical topics. This subject&#39;s topics include the health and education system, and development. By the end of the subject students will be able to demonstrate oral communication proficiency and a strong command of grammar.

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