Professional skills clusters
hese subject clusters highlight subjects that will assist you to develop particular general knowledge and skills that are important to across a number of environmental professions.
Research skills
Learning outcomes
Skills for planning and conducting and evaluating research.
Additional information
- Students will generally take only 1-2 of these subjects.
- Research design subjects often help you develop a research proposal and so are best completed before commencing your research project.
- Some require pre-requisites study or background knowledge in statistics, engineering or social sciences – check these carefully.
- Select the subject that is best aligned with your intended research after seeking advice from potential supervisors.
- Subjects
Social research design
- NRMT90003 Social Research Methods
- DEVT90041 Development Research Design & Assessment
- EDUC90848 Applied Research Methodology
Statistics for research
Sustainable business skills
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and skills for influencing change through business-based approaches to promoting sustainability.
Additional information
- These subjects are available to students with no background in economics. If you have some formal economic training, other options may be available to you.
- If you are not sure where to start, consider Environmental Policy Instruments or Sustainable Business Practices.
- Subjects
- MGMT90208 Sustainable Business Practices
- ENST90017 Environmental Policy Instruments
- ACCT90031 Sustainability Reporting & Management
- MGMT90030 Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- ECON90016 Environmental Economics and Strategy
- MGMT90165 Social Entrepreneurship
- MKTG90009 Advertising
- MGMT90018 Managerial Psychology
Environmental assessment and risk management skills
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and skills for assessing and monitoring the outcomes or risks associated with environmental change.
Additional information
- ENST90002 and EVSC90015 provide a starting point if you want to understand broad assessment strategies for consultancy and other practices.
- The EVSC code subjects allow you to specialise in environmental science-based approaches to environmental assessment and risk management.
- Some of these subjects may have pre-requisites or assume background knowledge. Check these carefully and contact Subject Coordinator if you are not sure of your eligibility.
- Some subjects combine theory with skills development (e.g. ENST90002 and GEOG90020) and require capacity for theoretical reflection.
- Subjects
Social change skills
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and skills for influencing social change using a range of communication and engagement strategies.
Additional information
- Many of these subjects combine theory and skill development and so require capacity for theoretical reflection.
- Subjects
- ABPL90315 Participatory Planning
- EDUC90006 Environmental Education
- NRMT90007 Communities and Ecosystem Management
- AGRI90090 Leadership
- ENST90032 Sustainability and Behaviour Change
- SCIE90012 Science Communication
- PPMN90031 Public Policy Lobbying Strategies
- ENST90019 Consumerism and the Growth Economy
- ENST90005 Environmental Policy
- LAWS70068 Environmental Law
- ABPL90272 Regenerating Sustainability
Project management skills
Learning outcomes
Skills for planning and evaluating projects.
Additional information
- Select only one subject from this cluster, or perhaps two if you want to separately consider project design and project evaluation.
- Subjects are designed for projects in different contexts: development (DEVT), business (MGMT), science (SKIL) or construction (ABPL), but are likely to cover similar material adapted for that context. Choose the subject that fits best with your career direction.
- Project management skills are highly valued in many contexts, but particularly consultancy or development.
- Subjects
Spatial analysis skills
Learning outcomes
Skills for analysing and interpreting spatial data.
Additional information
- Spatial analysis skills are particularly highly valued in urban or conservation planning roles.
- Subjects
Environmental modelling skills
Learning outcomes
Technical skills in data-driven modelling of environmental incomes.
Additional information
- These subjects are best taken in second part of degree as they require application of skills developed in earlier studies.
- These subjects usually require strong numerical skills.
- Select one subject from this list, based on relevance to your field of specialisation.
- Subjects
Policy development and governance skills
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and skills for developing and evaluating environmental policy.
- Subjects
These subjects provide foundational understanding of concepts underpinning environmental policy:
These subjects provide knowledge of regulatory and market based strategies for influencing environmental outcomes:
- ENST90017 Environmental Policy Instruments
- ECON90016 Environmental Economics and Strategy
- LAWS70068 Environmental Law
These subjects provide underpinning knowledge and skills for policy development and evaluation across contexts:
Communication skills
Learning outcomes
Enhanced skills for communication in different contexts.
Additional information
- Core and compulsory subjects will provide opportunities for developing high level of communication skills across a range of academic and professional contexts. Subjects in this cluster are selected to develop communication skills for specific contexts.
- Subjects
This subject is designed for students from a non-English speaking background who seek to improve academic communication skills. Best taken in first semester.
These subjects are designed to develop advanced communication skills for specific purposes: