Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management

Course code: 3090 + Course abbreviation: MCorpEnv&SusMgt + Total credit points required: 72 + 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This 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.

Minimum pass grade

To graduate with the Masters, students must gain a credit (60 C) or above in core units and a minimum credit average overall.

Course structure

Students complete 72 points comprised of four core theory units (24 points in 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

ENV437E Corporate sustainability management (6 points)
ENV4020 Perspectives on environment and sustainability (6 points)
ENV441E Sustainability measurement (6 points)
BTX4100 Corporate environmental responsibility (6 points)

Dissertation and project units

GYM5490 Major dissertation (24 points)
GYM5480 Minor dissertation (12 points)
GYM5470 Major project (24 points)
GYM5460 Minor project (12 points)

Elective units

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

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 coordinator

Dr Rebekah Brown

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