Master of Applied Science - Environmental Management
Course details
| NZQF Level | 9 |
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About the course
Lincoln University’s focus and reputation for research opens the way for you to study programmes that connect different topics across a range of fascinating areas with real relevance to the future of our planet and natural resources.
About this programme
This research-based Master’s lets you blend study and application across areas like agriculture, industry, communications, recreation and tourism. Then relate these to vitally important subjects like international rural development and the management and conservation of our biosphere and natural resources.
The Environmental Management specialisation within Lincoln’s Master of Applied Science examines the fundamental questions of ‘how do we live?’, ‘how should we live?’ and ‘how could we live?. Each of these questions cuts to the heart of what environmental management is about. They illustrate the complexity of issues that are often described under ‘environmental’, when they are also entangled in socio-cultural, political, and economic practices at a range of scales. This degree is designed to equip you with the advanced knowledge, research, critical analysis, evaluation, problem-solving and communication skills that are needed to address these inherently complex issues.
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
- Evaluate theoretical concepts and conceptual frameworks relevant to environmental management
- Critique historical and current debates in environmental management as well as contemporary applications and approaches to practice
- Analyse the complexities of managing environments and people
- Appraise the legal, political, institutional, economic and socio-cultural contexts in which environmental management takes place.
Skills
- Effectively deploy theoretical concepts and conceptual frameworks in written and oral communication
- Critically analyse and evaluate a wide range of academic research in the evaluation of environmental management theory and practice
- Competently problem-solve in the assessment of environmental management issues, applications and approaches
- Express highly effective oral and written communication in a range of contexts and to different audiences
- Analyse and synthesise issues from interdisciplinary and multi-scale perspectives
- Demonstrate effective organisation and time management skills
- Select and apply appropriate research skills and techniques to environmental management issues.
Values
- Appreciate gender, cultural, ethnicity and equity issues and perspectives
- Be reflexive of one’s own values.
Entry requirements
- For a 240 credit Master’s (thesis plus exam) you need a relevant New Zealand level 7 bachelor’s degree or recognised equivalent with a B average or better in the 300 level and final year (full-time equivalent) courses
- For the 120 credit Master’s (thesis only) a relevant postgraduate honours degree with Second Class Honours, Division One equivalent or higher.
- If English isn’t your first language, other entry requirements will apply. Learn more about the English language requirements.
*This course is not available to international students.
About the provider
Lincoln University is one of the eight government universities in New Zealand. Established in 1878, it is governed by the Lincoln University Council.
Based in Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand, Lincoln offers a unique experience, a perfect balance of student and academic life and a host of recreation activities around the region.
The institution is rated the 15th best small university in the world by the QS World University Rankings. It is home to a diverse group of nearly 4,500 students who come from more than 80 different countries around the world.
Lincoln graduates have a 6 percent higher employment rate than those from other New Zealand universities and the number of students graduating from Lincoln is higher than the national average.
Students can choose from a wide range of specialist courses from three faculties and one division – the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce; the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design; and the University Studies and English Language Division.
Lincoln has dedicated itself towards undertaking meaningful research that makes a globally positive impact. Its sustainable approach and commitment towards handling climate change issues have attracted many postgraduate students studying at the institution.
The university also engages in other land-based research and hosts a range of research centres, including food research and innovation, land, environment and people, wildlife management and conservation, and soil and environmental research.
The university shares ties with leading organisations as well as research centres, which help students gain additional skills and knowledge through practical learning experiences.
The Lincoln University Students' Association (LUSA) is an active student body that governs a variety of clubs and organisations on campus.