Graduate Diploma
Environmental science and environmental management at Charles Darwin University are research-intensive, dynamic disciplines, situated within some of the most spectacular and fascinating natural and cultural environments in Australia.
The Graduate Diploma of Environmental Management provides postgraduate education for existing and future professionals on the background, principles and practices of environmental management, particularly in the context of wet-dry and semi-arid tropical ecosystems and arid landscapes. The generic skills concepts and applications covered in this course are also highly relevant to those working in other ecosystems.
The course also includes a focus on the social context within which environmental management takes place. This two semester course enables you to select specific units which address your interests and career directions, while also giving you the option to smoothly articulate, with full credit, into the Master of Environmental Management.
Unit selection allows you to focus on ecology, policy, livelihoods and spacial science and their application.
There are opportunities for intensive units with remote field locations, and there are sometimes international study opportunities available. Graduates of this program are equipped to work within the diverse range of disciplines and sectors involved in effective and sustainable ecosystem management, and are eligible to apply for membership of associations such as the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA) and the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ).
Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree, graduate certificate, graduate diploma, masters degree or equivalent international qualification.
The flexible course structure allows choice among units that focus on ecology, policy, livelihoods and spatial science, and their application. Student-centred, resource and activity-based learning materials provide a stimulating program that is balanced between updating content knowledge and technical skills, developing conceptual skills, and the application of these for natural resource management within its social context. The program responds to the changing needs of employers and other stakeholders, with the latest outcomes of regional research incorporated into learning materials, and taught by research active academic staff. Small class sizes mean that all students have ready access to staff, via collegial distance or face-to-face interactions.
Depending on unit choices, this course can either provide a skills update and refresh for established environmental professionals, or the opportunity for new graduates to fill identified skills gaps on the path to becoming ready for employment.