Graduate Certificate of Environmental and Resource Economics

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

1. Understand and be able to analyse economic policies;
2. Use economic concepts and methods to analyse key issues in environmental and resource economics; and
3. Engage with the academic literature in applied economics.

The Graduate Certificate of Environmental and Resource Economics will equip you with tools in economic analysis and the skills to apply them to key issues in environmental and resource economics. You will gain an understanding of markets, policies, and how to analyse environmental and resource economic challenges in Australia and internationally. Join an internationally-renowned network of leading economic practitioners and researchers at Crawford School of Public Policy.

Recommended study pattern

This 6 month degree requires the completion of a pre-sessional component and 24 units.

As a guide, subjects in this degree can include:

• Graduate Preparatory Microeconomics

• Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics

• Domestic Climate Change Policy and Economics

• Microeconomic Analysis and Policy

As part of your application, you’ll be guided through how to get the right degree structure in place for you. 

Award requirements

The Graduate Certificate Of Environmental And Resource Economics requires the successful completion of 24 units from the specified courses in relevant areas.

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Indicative total fee $17,715

The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.

• Bachelor or international equivalent with GPA 4/7; or
• Graduate Diploma or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or
• Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a GPA 4/7; or
• 24 units of courses in a postgraduate program a GPA of 4/7.

• GRE General test, completed no more than 5 years before the time of application, with a minimum score of 155 for Verbal Reasoning, 155 for Quantitative Reasoning and 4.0 in Analytical Writing and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program; OR
• A minimum 5 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.

Applications must show English language proficiency by meeting ANU's English Language Requirements for admission to study this course.

Contact Crawford.Enquiries@anu.edu.au for case by case information.