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To prepare you for the collaborative nature of your future career, this course provides several opportunities to interact with professionals from council, state government, industry or not-for-profit organisations, all who contribute practical expertise and advice to your learning experience.

Engagement with sector professionals

Tasmania offers a unique opportunity to engage across sectors, government, private and public, at all levels, to learn practical methods for environmental management. No solution is created in isolation, and take a combination of disciplines from geography, chemistry, engineering, business, politics and more, everyone having input.

Close connections with major conservation groups like the Tasmanian Land Conservancy, and others across NGOs, private operators, and government departments like Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Learning from the people who do this day to day, giving both an unmatched realism to what you’re learning, as well as building networks that you will leverage far into the future.

Unmatched professional engagement and career preparation

An important component of the course is several opportunities to undertake work that is highly practical, often through engaging with a real client. The capstone experience of this practical focus is the professional placement with an environmental management partner. However, many parts of the unit involve current case studies and work in the sector, often with a professional from council, state government, industry or a not-for-profit contributing expertise and advice.

You can engage through distance and online learning, and both modes require a high level of personal, academic, intellectual and professional engagement. Reflective of the careers in this sector, we support our students to work autonomously, as well as in diverse teams with people who are likely to have a different academic and personal backgrounds.

This team work is enhanced by the strong involvement of Tasmanian environmental management professionals. Student diversity and external engagement are both important features because they mimic the challenging professional environment where graduates need to be able to communicate at a high level with people who may not share their values and perspective.

Tasmania is literally a living laboratory

The University of Tasmania has with six diverse ecosystems all within 30 minutes of the Sandy Bay campus, and the world’s second largest temperate rainforest only an hour away. We’re the gateway to Antarctica and, as the birthplace of the green movement, celebrate our biodiversity and environmental sustainability.

Many of your classes will be conducted outside in this natural environment, and your proximity to a wide range of pristine, diverse environments, and the researchers who travel from around the world to work in them, give you unparalleled practical field experience while you study. Plus, it makes Tasmania an amazing place to live!