Master of Environmental Policy and Management

Summary

Finding strategies to reduce our impact on our environment is one of the most important issues we face. This programme will prepare you to make a significant impact as you search for solutions. Get ready to make a difference as you acquire advanced analysis skills as part of this Taught Master's degree.

About this programme

Get ready to make a difference as you acquire advanced research and analysis skills as part of this Master's degree.

You will develop a balanced understanding of the socio-cultural, political and economic contexts that affect environmental management, and learn how these form part of decision-making.

The online version of this programme is not available to onshore international students (those currently in New Zealand).

How you’ll grow

• Gain advanced knowledge and skills in critical evaluation, problem-solving and communication.
• Hone the ability to apply your knowledge to real-world challenges and issues.
• Be able to confidently explore and interpret environmental governance and the range of policy, planning and management approaches.

Career opportunities

This programme equips you with the skills for high-level environmental policy and management positions with government agencies, regional councils, environmental and business consultancies, industry organisations, businesses, non-governmental organisations and advocacy groups.

Please note, the MEPM is a taught master's qualification and therefore does not have the research component required for progression to a PhD. For more information on a research master's in a similar area, please see the Master of Applied Science – Environmental Management.

This taught masters programme has challenged my thinking and changed my perspectives on sustainability. I now have the confidence to tackle a variety of complex issues with a wide sustainability lens and challenge the status quo.

Georgina Blane

Master of Environmental Policy and Management

Graduate Attributes

Graduate Attributes refer to the knowledge, skills, and values that you gain from completing your qualification. These high-level qualities will prepare you for career success, further study or research and making a valuable contribution to society in your chosen field.

Knowledge

• Critically analyse and synthesise theoretical concepts and conceptual frameworks to evaluate environmental policy and management frameworks, approaches and practices.
• Interpret and assess the relationship between environmental sciences, policy and management.
• Appraise the legal, political, institutional, economic and socio-cultural contexts into which environmental policy and management intervene.

Skills

• Research, analyse and competently argue from evidence.
• Effectively deploy theory and concepts to evaluate and design alternative policy and management frameworks, approaches and practices.
• Problem solve by applying knowledge to new situations.
• Analyse and synthesise issues from interdisciplinary and multi-scale perspectives.
• Effectively communicate in oral and written formats in a range of contexts and to different audiences.
• Work effectively independently and in a group.

Values

• Appreciate gender, cultural, ethnicity and equity issues and perspectives.
• Be reflective of one’s own values.