3090 - Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management

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.

Students successfully completing this course will have:

• a sound knowledge of diverse aspects of the academic discipline
• an understanding of the world view of the field of study
• a critical appreciation of the secondary literature in the field of study
• a familiarity with many of the key texts and cultural products pertaining to the field of study
• advanced reading and communication skills, both written and verbal
• advanced analytical skills
• a grasp of research methodology and ethics, and an ability to undertake a small, independent research project in one of the disciplines represented in the program.

Students complete four six-point level-four core units (24 points) and additional units to the value of 48 points, which will include electives, and for those who qualify can include research and internship project units.

Students must complete a minimum of 24 points at level five and have the option of focusing their electives according to defined themes - business management, environmental management, risk management, research methods, environment and law, international development and international trade - or choosing electives from across these themes.

Core units

• BTX4100 Corporate environmental responsibility
• ENV4020 Perspectives on environment and sustainability
• ENV437E Corporate sustainability management
• ENV441E Sustainability measurement

Research and internship project units

• GYM5460 Minor internship project (12 points)
• GYM5470 Major internship project (24 points)
• GYM5480 Research project (12 points)
• GYM5490 Major research project (24 points)

All students planning to undertake a final project must gain a distinction average or above in core and elective units in the course, or permission of the course coordinator. For students who have not attained a distinction average, an additional 12 points of coursework electives may be substituted for the final project units.

Elective units

Contact the School of Geography and Environmental Science for details of elective units available.

Students who have completed studies in this course to the value of:

• 24 points may apply to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management
• 48 points may apply to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management.

Students will also exit the masters with the appropriate award if they do not maintain the required academic level.

Master of Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.