Manage complex environmental issues and create a better future.
Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Our program has a strong focus on tropical and subtropical environments and peri-urban areas, making it highly relevant to our region as well as your job prospects. In addition, you will specialise through your choice from a range of minors which include Coastal and Marine Environments, Climate Change Adaptation, Planning Studies, Environmental Health, Geospatial Analysis, Environmental Geography, Journalism, Restoration and Conservation, or Sustainability.
You’ll get plenty of authentic learning experiences with field work activities and interactions with industry partners.
You’ll also have the opportunity in your final year to undertake a work placement or advanced research project related to environmental management, giving you necessary practical experience to enter the job market or pursue further studies.
Career opportunities
Careers in the field of environmental management are diverse and include opportunities at local, state, national and international levels, in industry, government, conservation, and research organisations.
Careers in environmental management include environmental assessment and protection (air, water, land), natural resource management, ecosystem conservation and restoration, sustainable procurement and corporate stewardship, communications and public awareness, environmental education, policy and legislation development, international negotiations, and research and development of environmental technologies.
Membership
Graduates can apply to become Associate Member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) while they acquire relevant work experience. Graduates can apply for Full Membership in EIANZ after they have acquired two years of professional experience in one or more functional areas of environmental practice.
Program structure
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
ENS103 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
ENS120 The uses and abuses of history
SCI102 Explorations in Environmental History
SCI110 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
Advanced courses (11)
ENP211 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
ENS221 Research Project in History
ENS222 What Makes Australia? History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
ENS223 The uses and abuses of history
ENS253 Explorations in Environmental History
ENS300 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
ENS351 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
GEO310 Participation and Conflict Resolution
SUS201 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
SUS202 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice
PLUS select 1 course from:
SRP301 Contemporary and Emerging Issues in Health Sector Business Management
WPL310 Leading and Managing Organisations
Minor (4)
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Coastal and Marine Environments
- Environmental Geography
- Environmental Health
- Geospatial Analysis
- Journalism
- Planning Studies
- Restoration and Conservation
- Sustainability
Elective courses (4)
Select 4 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law) or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory courses including core courses
- You must select and register your compulsory major(s)/minor(s) as soon as possible
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
- Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)