The Environment and Society Masters programme is designed for graduates of undergraduate qualifications in social sciences, humanities, law, economics, education, management or environmental sciences. Students build on their qualifying degrees to gain advanced knowledge of environmental challenges, emergent inequalities, as well as global and local responses to environmental change. Conceptually, students learn to distinguish between different environmental perspectives and their application to concrete case studies. Students in the Master of Environment and Society complete a selection of core papers and engage in meaningful, independent research. The structure of the degree allows students to include relevant papers from other disciplines, such as environmental science, law and management, and provides an ideal way to encourage close interconnections between theory and practice across a broad range of issues and topics relevant to environment and society.

A Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert(EnvSoc)) and Postgraduate Diploma in Environment and Society (PGDip(EnvSoc)) are also available.

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Prescriptions for:

Environment and Society papers

Code and paper titlePoints
ALPSS590Directed Studyright arrow

This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their...

3025X (Hamilton)
ALPSS591Research Projectright arrow

A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 12,500 words maximum).

3025X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga)
ALPSS592Dissertationright arrow

A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 25,000 words maximum).

6025X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga)
ANTHY515Ethnographic Research Methodsright arrow

This paper provides an in depth introduction to ethnographic research, including its ethical, theoretical, and methodical components.

3025A (Hamilton)
ANTHY521Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Issuesright arrow

This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns...

3025B (Hamilton)
EDUCA500Culturally Responsive Methodologies incorporating kaupapa Māori and Critical Theoriesright arrow

Culturally Responsive Methodologies utilise kaupapa Māori and critical theoretical frameworks to develop contexts within which the researched...

3025X (Block - Tauranga)
ENVPL500Advanced Environmental Assessment and Planningright arrow

This is a project-based paper that provides an understanding of how environmental assessments are prepared, and used to assist decision-making and...

1525B (Hamilton)
ENVPL510Planning Theoryright arrow

This paper discusses the various theories that influence how we plan our world. It will cover issues such as power, justice, governance, politics...

1525B (Hamilton)
ENVSC504Pollution and Environmental Contaminantsright arrow

This paper examines the ecological effects of chemical and non-chemical pollution. Analysing online databases and the scientific literature provides...

1525B (Hamilton)
ENVSC505Environmental Systems: Biogeosciences across Scalesright arrow

This paper examines how core concepts in the multidisciplinary field of biogeochemistry provide a systems understanding across scales.

1525B (Online)
EVSOC593Environment and Society Thesisright arrow

An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.

9025X (Hamilton)
GEOGY520Human Dimensions of Environmental Changeright arrow

This paper examines the increasing risks imposed on human communities by global environmental change. The paper establishes a platform for the...

3025B (Hamilton)
LCOMM584Sustainable Futuresright arrow

Individuals and organisations operate in contexts that are increasingly complex and uncertain. They face issues that are global in nature and which...

3025B (Hamilton)
MAORI502Sustainable Resource Issuesright arrow

This paper examines contemporary issues facing natural resource management among indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the experiences of...

3025A (Online)
MAORI570Te Mahi Rangahau: Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Research Methods and Issuesright arrow

This paper introduces students to a range of research issues, helps students identify and apply the most effective methodology, understand, review...

3025A (Online)
MNGMT581Research Methods in Management Studiesright arrow

This paper aims to introduce students to the assumptions underlying the different methodologies and methods for performing research in the social...

3025A (Hamilton) & 25B (Hamilton) & 25C (Hamilton)
POLSC537Environmental Politics and Public Policyright arrow

This paper introduces students to the complexities and challenges of environmental policy processes, and develops skills in scholarly research on...

3025A (Hamilton)
PSYCH555Environmental Psychologyright arrow

Provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge in Environmental Psychology, the study of the transaction between humans and their natural...

1525A (Online)
THMGT502Tourism Development and the Environmentright arrow

This paper provides students with an opportunity to learn about the tourism industry, and to appreciate the different management issues from a...

3025B (Hamilton)
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2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 26 Feb 2025 01:00am