Master of Environmental Science
Master of Environmental Science
The world is facing many environmental challenges – needing your help. Through the Master of Environmental Science, you’ll learn risk assessment techniques and scientifically rigorous ways to tackle grand environmental challenges such as air, water and land contamination and controls, climate change, energy transition, conservation and ecosystem management, and food…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The world is facing many environmental challenges – needing your help.
Through the Master of Environmental Science, you’ll learn risk assessment techniques and scientifically rigorous ways to tackle grand environmental challenges such as air, water and land contamination and controls, climate change, energy transition, conservation and ecosystem management, and food security.
You’ll specialise in an area of your choice, learning from leaders in their fields, while also building professional skills in communication, policy, planning, and ethical business studies.
Sharpen your skills with real-world problems
You’ll leave the course with a major industry-based or academic research project to feature in your CV. In this project, you’ll apply your environmental science know-how to real-world problems, for one of our partners in a government, not-for-profit or consulting organisation.
If you’d like to gain even more real-world experience, you can also choose to complete a workplace internship or field-based courses.
Tailor your course
The Master of Environmental Science is suitable for those with a background in environmental engineering or the life, chemical, physical, Earth or environmental sciences. You’ll have the flexibility to develop your own interests, whether they build on your background or you decide to try something completely new.
You’ll be able to choose from a wide range of environmental science and interdisciplinary subjects, so you can focus on a specialisation suited to your environmental challenge interests.
The Master of Environmental Science is a 200-point program, made up of:
Core subjects (62.5 points), including an industry project
Environmental science discipline subjects (87.5–112.5 points), including the option to undertake a research project
Broadening environmental studies subjects (up to 25 points)
Professional skills subjects (25–37.5 points).
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
