Program Requirements
The Master of Climate Change requires the completion of 96 units, which must consist of:
Completion of the following pre-sessional component:
CRWF6900 Graduate Academic and Research Skills for Public Policy
EMDV6900 Graduate Preparatory Environmental Science
EMDV6903 Graduate Preparatory Environmental Economics
48 units from completion of the following initial component:
A minimum of 6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
EMDV8013 Issues in Development and Environment
EMDV8101 State, Society and Natural Resources
A minimum of 6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction
A minimum of 18 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ARCH6022 Long-term Biodiversity and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
DEMO8088 Population, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
EMDV8007 Environmental Policy and Communications
EMDV8013 Issues in Development and Environment
EMDV8026 Introduction to Environmental Science
EMDV8078 Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
EMDV8101 State, Society and natural Resources
EMDV8108 Applied Environmental and Resource Economics
EMDV8123 Assessing Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
ENGN6516 World Energy Resources and Renewable Technologies
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6033 International Environmental Policy
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6528 Environmental Policy
A maximum of 18 units from completion of courses from the following list:
BUSN7017 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting
EMDV8001 Environmental Sustainability, Health and Development
EMDV8009 Asia Pacific Environmental Conflicts: Causes and Solutions
ENGN6524 Photovoltaic Technologies
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS6014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6021 Participatory Resource Management: Working with Communities and Stakeholders
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6205 Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
IDEC8001 Applied Economics: Cost/Benefit Analysis
MGMT7007 Managing for Sustainability
SCOM8027 Science and Public Policy
48 units from completion of the following concluding component:
A minimum of 18 units from completion of courses from the following list:
EMDV8080 International Climate Change Policy and Economics
EMDV8081 Domestic climate change policy and economics
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
A minimum of 6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
EMDV8014 Research in Climate Change Policy and Economics
ENVS8013 Research in Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
A minimum of 6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
EMDV8102 Research Methods for Environmental Management
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
A maximum of 18 units from completion of courses from the following list and from any of the courses listed above:
ANTH8060 Exploring Gender, Resources and the Environment
CRWF8000 Government, Markets and Global Change
DIPL8009 Diplomacy in a Globalising World
ECON8040 Resource & Environmental Economics
EMDV8002 Methods for Environmental Decision-Making
EMDV8008 Research Proposal
EMDV8012 Ecological Economics and Policy
EMDV8041 Special Topics in Environmental Management and Development
EMDV8066 Research Project
EMDV8079 International Water Politics
EMDV8082 Food Wars: Food Security and Agricultural Policy
EMDV8103 Environmental Assessment
EMDV8104 Environmental Governance
EMDV8124 Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
ENVS8101 Major Research Essay
IDEC8004 Case Studies in Economic Policy
IDEC8019 Political Economy of Economic Reform
IDEC8022 Economic Development
IDEC8053 Environmental Economics
IDEC8089 Energy Economics
LAWS8008 Climate Change and Displacement
LAWS8180 International Climate Law
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
LAWS8181 Australian Climate Law
POGO8083 Policy Advocacy
POGO8210 Case Studies in Economic Policy
POPH8318 Human Health, Environment and Climate Change
EMDV8008 Research Proposal
EMDV8066 Research Project
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
ENVS8101 Major Research Essay
Students must complete the pre-sessional component before commencing the initial component.
Students must complete the initial component in before commencing the concluding component.
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7.
All applicants must meet the University's English Language Admission Requirements for Students
Applicants with a Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 24 units of credit. Credit may also be available for relevant work experience.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for up to 48 units of credit.
Credit may also be available for relevant work experience.
Students must complete the pre-sessional component before commencing the initial component.
Students must complete the initial component in before commencing the concluding component.
Indicative fees
- Annual indicative fee for domestic students
- $29,280.00
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $39,024.00
For further information on International Tuition Fees see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
Do you want to tackle one of the most important and complex environmental problems encountered by humankind? The ANU Master of Climate Change program offers significant breadth and strength within the field through access to world-leading expertise in climate change science and policy, encompassing science, economics, law, policy and governance aspects of climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation. This means that you can develop a unique program of advanced learning suited to your individual interests and skills. Our program covers core topics of climate impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, climate change economics and policy, and methodological approaches. Elective courses can be selected from a wide range of topics to suit your educational goals.
Career Options
Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.
The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:
- Demonstrate expert knowledge in particular aspects of climate change, and a broad knowledge of the current issues in and approaches to climate change vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation from both science and policy perspectives
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of climate science and policy, and a critical appreciation of how the complex relationships between them inform and shape debate
- Independently apply their advanced knowledge, analytical and research, teamwork, and oral and written communication skills in professional practice in climate change
- Effectively communicate knowledge and understanding in climate change to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
Cognate disciplines
- Applied Economics
- Climate
- Development Studies
- Economics
- Economic Policy
- Energy Change
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Studies
- Forest Science and Management,
- Policy Studies
- Resource and Environmental Management
- Science Communication
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainable Development
