Environment and Sustainability

Overview

• Do you have a bachelor degree or extensive industry experience and want to increase your employability or change your career?

• Modern environment and natural resource management requires the integration of social, environmental and economic research. It also requires a capacity to handle complexity and uncertainty and the application of different methods of analysis and different approaches to governance and community engagement.

• Adaptation to climate change and sustainability science are emphasised in global and regional contexts in this specialisation.

• Research Project track — the Research Project track equips you with research skills and allows you to develop a research thesis through a project in your chosen disciplinary application area.
• Research Training track — the Research Training track allows you to develop your research capability and gain specialised cognitive and technical skills to prepare for a professional career in science.

Career outcomes

Graduates with a  Environment and Sustainability program from the University of Southern Queensland in environment and sustainability science can work in a magnitude of careers. In fact, a lot of professionals in a broad range of industries now require an understanding of sustainability. But those wanting to specialise in the field can use this program to kick-start a career in the growing field of resource and environmental management.