Course details

Summary

Become a sought-after employee

Massey’s environmental management graduates are in demand - many have employment before they even graduate.

WHAT IS IT LIKE?

The Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management is a one-year qualification for those who have already gained an undergraduate qualification and want to extend their knowledge to environmental management issues.

Massey’s environmental management programme reflects the growing need to protect the environment and use resources of land, water, soil, plants, and animals in a balanced and sustainable way.

What will I study?

You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of how the natural environment functions. You will also learn how societal values, needs and attitudes are reconciled with the need to maintain the integrity of ecological e core courses of your study cover the following modules:

• environmental assessment techniques
• environmental economics
• environmental policy
• literature reviews
• environmental anthropology
• project evaluation

Other courses available to complete the PGDipEnvMgmt are drawn from an extensive selection of offerings from the Colleges of Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Business.

Multi-disciplinary

Massey University’s environmental management programme was one of the first to bring together expertise across disciplines. Today, as an environmental management student at Massey, you can take advantage of our world-leading expertise in science, agriculture, business, social science and fundamental sciences, and our understanding of the interconnectivity between disciplines.

Careers

Demand for people with environment management skills is growing in New Zealand and overseas. Organisations outside of those directly related to environmental issues are increasingly recognising the need to have expertise in this area in every industry.

Your lecturers maintain excellent relationships with key organizations and these relationships give our students networking opportunities for future careers.

Nearly 30% of our graduates are employed in research, universities or district or city councils. Many are also in private consultancies and business.

Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management structure

You will follow a flexible programme of study consisting of courses totaling at least 120 credits. You must include Advanced Environmental Management and at least 30 credits from each of two options listed in the Schedule. You may be required to complete one or more bridging courses (188.707 and/or 188.708) should your undergraduate qualification be deficient in environmental economics or applied science.

Entry criteria

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management requires you to have been awarded or qualified for the Bachelor of Environmental Management, or equivalent, at an appropriate level of academic achievement (normally minimum B- average over 300-level majoring courses).

If you have been awarded or qualified for the Bachelor of Science majoring in Environmental Science, or equivalent, you may also apply for this programme.

English language requirements:

• IELTS score of 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
• TOEFL iBT score of 90 overall (min 20 in Writing)
• PTE Academic score of 58 Overall (min 50 in communicative skills)
• Cambridge English score of 180