Sustainability courses
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When you study a sustainability course, you focus on finding workable solutions to environmental problems. Sustainability challenges span the globe, from the broadest scenarios in business and government, through to local issues in everyday life.
Sustainability skills, like complex problem solving and critical thinking, are valuable in many fields. Studying sustainability is especially relevant for careers based in consulting, planning, policy, the not-for-profit sector, and government.
Whether you’re fitting further study in around your job or looking to level up with a new qualification, studying sustainability is a great way to future-proof your career.
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Online sustainability subjects and short courses
UndergraduateTAS-KDA101
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 22 Jul 2024
PostgraduateCUR-SCP543
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 27 May 2024, 25 Nov 2024
Next enrolment closes 19 May
UndergraduateMUR-SUS100
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 24 Jun 2024, 29 Jul 2024
UndergraduateUSA-BUSS1067
100% online
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
Starts 24 Jun 2024
Online sustainability degrees
UndergraduateUSQ-SHP-DEG
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Environment & Sustainability)
100% online
1 year full time or part time equivalent
UndergraduateTAS-SUS-DEG
Develop sustainable societies for a better world
100% online
3 years full time or part time equivalent
No ATAR required. Start with a subject.
UndergraduateCSU-ESM-DEG
Tackle the environmental issues you care about most
Online & on-campus
3 years full time or part time equivalent
PostgraduateUON-EMS-MAS
Solve real-world environmental problems and build connections
100% online
2 years full time or part time equivalent
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Sustainability highlights
- Explore living examples of sustainable community development.
- Unpack global and political climate and ecological emergency movements.
- Choose from electives including energy security and natural disasters.
Sustainability specialisations
- Understand and uphold UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Develop social maturity and ethical strength.
- Build an interdisciplinary knowledge of climate change.
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