Master of Environmental Management

Massey University

The Master of Environmental Management reflects the growing need to protect the environment and use resources of land, water, soil, plants, and animals in a balanced and sustainable way. This qualification will help you gain advanced knowledge in current land and water-based environmental management. You could specialise in the policy or economic side of environmental management. You can also study courses in important environmental management tools and techniques like GIS, Remote Sensing and Life Cycle Assessment. Your study will cover the following topics an evaluation of current environmental issues holistic and transdisciplinary approaches to environmental problem solving environmental assessment techniques environmental economics environmental policy environmental anthropology participation in environmental management research skills and undertaking literature reviews project evaluation. Youll 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 systems. Internationally relevant Our staff are world-class academics publishing internationally, with strong connections to relevant organisations across areas associated with environmental management. We have a large number of international students.

School of People, Environment and Planning