Goverance, Policy and Communication
Coordinator:
Dr Peter Christoff (Arts)
Committee:
Mr Max Ogden (Economics and Commerce)
A/Prof. Mile Terziovski (Economics and Commerce)
Dr Robyn Eckersley (Arts)
Mr Denis Muller (Arts)
A/Prof Bill (Lyle Rex) Malcolm (MSLE)
David Morgan (Arts)
A/Prof. Helen Verran (Philosophy)
Prof. Brian Galligan (Arts)
This stream focuses on development and marketing of environmental policy in order to effect changes in government, corporate and public perception and behaviour. It provides a broad understanding of the existing national and international legal and political frameworks relevant to the environment and will enable you to develop skills in policy-making, business management and marketing. It will explore the benefits of incorporating skills and work systems in employee training programs to deliver improved environmental performance. The course is designed for professionals engaged in assisting public and private sector organisations to develop economically viable environmental agendas and communicating these effectively to the public.
Graduates find employment in a wide range of private and public sector organisations (for example, government authorities, environmental consulting companies and industry) requiring development, ongoing management and marketing of change in environmental agendas, and the identification of opportunities that result from environmental initiatives.
Governance, Policy and Communication stream details
Please consult the Handbook for further information and timetables.
Students are required to complete the following core subjects:
950-601 Sustainability, Policy and Management
950-600 Trans-disciplinary Thinking and Learning
166-530 Environmental Policy
and at least four of the following list of subjects:
121-525 Political Ecology of International Development
121-529 Social Impact Assessment and Evaluation
121-542 Geographical Information Systems for Environmental Policy Making
136-527 Ecology and the Environment Movement
166-423 Public Sector Management
207-506/207-414 Social Research Methods
316-663 Environmental Economics and Strategy
325-664 Strategic Management
325-668 Managing Organisations
730-683 Environmental Law
and select electives to make up the balance of the award. The recommended list of electives includes:
121-537 Heritage and Cultural Environments
121-548 Climate Change Politics and Policy
136-541 The Risk Society: Remaking of Everyday life
166-414 Comparative Social Policy
166-455 Managing Communications and the Media
166-516 Social Policy and Social Capital
166-525 Globalisation and Social Policy
166-535 International Politics: Special Topic
166-549 Business and Government
207-513/ 707-413 Community Natural Resource Management
325-663 Managing Human Resources
325-667 Communications and Promotion Management
325-695 Managing Projects and Events
421-604 Environmental Management: Systems and Audits
485-854 Environmental Education
485-855 Perception of the Environment
512-545 Environmental Psychology
705-641 Managing Change
These subjects are available in the 2008 academic year, unless otherwise stated. Students may take other electives subject to the approval of the stream coordinator.
Students may apply to undertake a research project as part of a course of study. This requires good academic performance and the approval of the stream coordinator.