Master of Environmental Management

Yes, CDU's environmental science degrees can be studied 100% online. CDU has over 30 years' experience in distance and online education and provides an easy-to-use digital learning environment where you can access all learning materials on demand and interact with lecturers and fellow students through online discussions and tutorials.

While the degree can be studied 100% online, students have the opportunity to balance their studies through practical activities within units, a professional practice (work placement) unit, and field intensives where you can gain on-the-ground experience in the unique environments of Northern and Central Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

CDU is ranked #3 in Australia for agriculture and environmental studies starting salary according to the Good Universities Guide 2025. Many world-class researchers from the internationally renowned Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL) also teach CDU's environmental science courses, and CDU's Top End location provides a unique outdoor classroom with natural savanna bushland on campus and some of Australia's most visited and environmentally significant national parks on Darwin's doorstep.

With an undergraduate CDU Environmental Science degree, you can specialise in biodiversity and conservation, water and catchments, eco-cultural resource management, or landscape and spatial ecology. CDU is also uniquely positioned to explore the impact Indigenous knowledge systems have on land and resource management.

Graduates can pursue careers in policy, education, research, or on-the-ground roles in areas like conservation and sustainability. The degree equips students with skills including deductive reasoning and critical thinking, research and analysis, data gathering and problem solving. With pressing issues like climate change and global biodiversity creating a wave of job growth within the industry, there are strong employment prospects for graduates.