Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management

Upon successful completion of the program, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of current issues in environmental management
2. Respond to challenges relating to management, implementation and evaluation of environmental issues
3. Reflect critically on environmental management issues and practical challenges in diverse contexts
4. Demonstrate familiarity with research principles relevant to the field of environmental management

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.

Recommended study pattern

This 6-month degree requires the completion of 24 units.

As a guide, subjects in this degree can include:

• Land Rights and Resource Development

• Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy

• Development and Environment in the Anthropocene

• Toxic: Environmental Pollution and Waste

As part of your application, you’ll be guided through how to get the right degree structure in place for you. 

Award requirements

The Graduate Certificate of Environmental Management requires the successful completion of 24 units from the specified courses in relevant areas.

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Indicative total fee $17,061

The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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As one of Australia's leading universities, The Australian National University (ANU) is recognised as a world-leading research powerhouse. You'll learn from academics whose research is shaping their fields, bringing the latest thinking directly into your studies. Studying at ANU, you'll develop the knowledge and skills to tackle real-world challenges while deepening your understanding of the ideas shaping Australia and the world.

Study online at ANU through Open Universities Australia (OUA) with the flexibility to fit learning around your life. Whether you're studying a single course or working towards a qualification, you’ll have access to the same high-quality learning and academic expertise that define an education at Australia’s national university.

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At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.

• Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 4/7; or
• Graduate Diploma or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or
• Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or
• 24 units of courses in a postgraduate program a GPA of 4/7.

• Graduate Records Examination (GRE) General test, completed no more than 5 years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 155 for Verbal Reasoning, 155 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 in Analytical Writing and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; or
• A minimum 5 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program. 

Applications must show English language proficiency by meeting ANU's English Language Requirements for admission to study this course.

Contact Crawford.Enquiries@anu.edu.au for case by case information.