Outline
Outline
This course builds on the curriculum of the Graduate Certificate to provide you with a broader range of specialist topics
This course develops knowledge, understanding and appreciation of sustainability and climate policy issues in social research and analysis. It assists in career development, preparing students for new employment opportunities in a variety of public and private sector contexts that require social research and analytical skills in sustainability and climate policy. It is designed to complement existing knowledge gained from an undergraduate qualification in any recognised area including business, humanities, sciences and education.
The course also combines a general qualification with more specific educational opportunities, enabling you to learn in a way that best suits your existing needs and priorities.
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate, you may transfer to the Graduate Diploma and then enrol in the master degree.
Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.
What jobs can the Sustainability and Climate Policy course lead to?
Graduates are prepared for new employment opportunities in a variety of public and private sector contexts requiring social scientific research and analytical skills. Many organisations are now hiring sustainability consultants in an effort to improve their relationship with the environment and their stakeholders.
Career opportunities
- Environmental planner
- International development worker
- Researcher
- Social assessment officer
- Sustainability consultant
- Sustainability officer.
Potential employers
- Engineering and infrastructure development organisations
- Environmental organisations
- International aid organisations
- Local government
- Organisations in the energy and resources sector
- Transport agencies.
What you'll learn
- apply a range of relevant disciplinary knowledges to the concept of sustainability in work and community settings
- apply critical and analytical skills within a sustainability framework; think creatively to develop practical pathways to sustainability
- locate, critically evaluate and synthesise relevant and reliable information sources on sustainability
- communicate ideas and information, verbally and in writing, to a range of target audiences
- use communication and research technologies to effectively collect information and communicate findings
- demonstrate a reflexive and adaptive approach to learning; understand second order learning; identify and apply successful learning strategies
- recognise the global nature of sustainability and the relationship between global and local sustainability issues; identify and apply international good practice to sustainability
- recognise the diverse meanings and applications of the notion of culture to sustainability; respect indigenous culture and its relevance to sustainability; identify the complexities and benefits multiculturalism brings to sustainability; and critique culture as an integrated system of norms that enable or disable sustainability
- demonstrate the ability within sustainability practice to work effectively as a team and independently when appropriate; show leadership and apply ethical and professional standards
