Postgraduate Diploma in Environment (441AB) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete the 441AA Graduate Diploma in Environment will have:

• Knowledge to undertake professional practice in environment or sustainability, including:
• • Specialised knowledge in an environmental discipline or field of practice
  • Knowledge of the cross-disciplinary nature of environmental issues and professional practice to promote sustainable futures
  
  
• Skills for collaborative and creative problem solving in environmental practice, including:
• • Ability to critically analyse and synthesise environmental knowledge
  • Ability to envision environmental change and propose pathways to realise this change
  • Ability to communicate complex environmental knowledge effectively to a range of audiences
  • Ability to work effectively in cross-disciplinary teams
  • Technical skills for professional practice in field of specialisation
  
  
• Demonstrated capacity to exercise well developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner in an environmental discipline or professional field.

Generic skills

Skills for collaborative and creative problem solving in environmental practice, including:

• Ability to critically analyse and synthesise environmental knowledge
• Ability to envision environmental change and propose pathways to realise this change
• Ability to communicate complex environmental knowledge effectively to a range of audiences
• Ability to work effectively in cross-disciplinary teams
• Technical skills for professional practice in field of specialisation

Graduate attributes

The Graduate Diploma in Environment enables students to become:

1. Academically excellent, with in-depth knowledge of a specialist environmental discipline, the capacity to solve environmental problems, and remain self-directed in their learning in this field.
2. Knowledgeable across disciplines, with a critical appreciation of the variety of disciplines that contribute to environmental practices, and the ability to evaluate this knowledge in collaborative contexts.
3. Leaders for sustainable futures, with excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, who are respectful of diversity in cultural experiences of environmental change and have a capacity to initiate positive change and advocate for sustainable societies.