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Postgraduate handbook 2004
Arts

Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management
(1.5-year program)

Course code: 3090 + Clayton + Mid-year entry available + Course coordinator: Chris Cocklin

Synopsis

The Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management is an innovative masters program designed to meet the growing need for skilled professionals that have competencies in both business and environmental/sustainability management and who understand the nexus between the two. It is vocationally oriented and flexible to accommodate students who have only business or environmental backgrounds, people with significant industry experience, and people wishing to move into the field. It includes a research component, which can be completed as a workplace or internship. The program draws on the faculty's highly regarded research program in corporate sustainability and socially responsible investment.

Entry requirements

Applicants must be holders of a bachelors degree with at least a credit average in the final year, or a bachelors pass degree with demonstrable professional experience in at a senior level in a relevant area. Applicants in the latter category will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.

Exit points

After successful completion of 24 points, students may apply to exit the program with a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management, or after successful completion of 48 points with a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management.

Course structure

Students complete 72 points comprised of four core theory units (24 points total), a dissertation or research project (12 or 24 points), and electives to make up the remaining 24 or 36 points. Students have the option of focusing their electives according to defined themes - trade, law, international development and agribusiness - or choosing electives from across these themes.

Core units
Dissertation and project units
Elective units

Students should contact the School of Geography and Environmental Science for details of elective units available.

Minimum pass grade

To graduate with the Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management, students must gain a credit in core units and a credit average overall.

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