Undergraduate Major

Environment, Conflict and Security

Contribute to the preservation and development of our future world by analysing global environmental challenges and develop forward-looking solutions to address them.

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MJ-ECS
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Full Time or Part Time
Selection rank
70
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Overview

The world is faced with unprecedented challenges and threats to our security and well-being in the form of climate change and environmental degradation. These threaten the lives of billions of people, with consequences such as water and food insecurity, forced migration and social and political conflict. In this course, you will address the fundamental security challenges of the environment and climate to produce more sustainable and secure futures.

The Environment, Conflict and Security course will allow you to analyse the interrelationships between the environment, climate change, peace, conflict, insecurity, and the production of security. You will learn to analyse, identify and develop innovative and practical interventions that contribute to human safety and well-being in a challenging and rapidly changing world. You can explore these issues further in this short video where you will hear from academics and begin to understand why it's more important than ever that we address these issues. 

You will also be given the opportunity to critically analyse complex networks of interwoven social, environmental, economic, and political factors, determining their role in the production of insecurity, vulnerability and harm.

3 reasons to study Environment, Conflict and Security at Murdoch 

  1. Study a unique course that focuses on analysing and addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our modern world.
  2. Work with world-leading scholars in the field and develop substantive knowledge and insights regarding contemporary and emerging environmental and climate security challenges, and the complex drivers and interrelationships between these.
  3. Gain expertise on important environmental and climate security issues that are in high demand by governmental, non-governmental and private sector organisations.

What you’ll learn

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you’ll cover include:

  • Environmental security
  • Climate change
  • Resource governance
  • Peace and conflict
  • Human security
  • Political economy
  • International relations
  • Security policy

Your career

When you graduate, you could find yourself working in a range of different industries from education to public administration. Some careers could include:

  • Climate Risk Analyst
  • Policy Maker
  • Foreign Affairs Specialist
  • Sustainability Consultant
  • Development Worker
  • Peacebuilder
  • NGO or think tank expert working on environmental or security issues

Previous admission information is available at Murdoch Admission Information - Arts.

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Structure

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Total credit points: 24

Unit code Unit name Credit points
Major24 credit points
Required Units9 credit points
POL10221st Century Security Challenges3
POL133Politics, Power and Policy3
POL161Understanding International Politics3
Elective Units15 credit points
ENV245Global and Regional Sustainability3
OR
ENV328Environmental Policy and Law3
OR
HIS304Environmental Crisis in Australia and its Region3
OR
PHL211Environmental Justice3
OR
POL200Australian Foreign and Security Policy3
OR
POL201Global Justice, Aid and Security3
OR
POL203Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflict3
OR
POL303Politics, the state and Crisis3
OR
POL304Security Challenges in Policy and Practice 3
OR
POL305Mining and the Politics of Development3
OR
POL306The Politics of Human Rights3
OR
POL338Politics and Human Security in Southeast Asia3
OR
POL345International Security Studies3
OR
SOC301Food Security3
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Entry requirements

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English Requirements

You must meet a minimum standard in English to study at Murdoch, which for most courses can be demonstrated by providing evidence that you have completed Year 11 and 12 in Australia at any level if you are a domestic student, or through either English proficiency tests, university preparation courses, English language courses, previous tertiary study or vocational education.

Advanced Standing

Everyone has a different path to university so if you’ve already completed formal or informal learning, you could receive advanced standing. Also known as recognition of prior learning, advanced standing can reduce the amount of study needed to complete your degree by giving you credit for certain units.

Formal learning can include previous study in higher education vocational education or adult and community education. Informal learning can include on the job learning, various kinds of work and life experience.

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This information applies to courses offered at our Australian campuses only. Courses offered at our Dubai  and Singapore campuses or delivered by Open Universities Australia may have different requirements.

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Following your successful application, you’ll receive a Letter of Offer which will contain specific course and fee information.

If you are applying for an undergraduate course, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place. Postgraduate programs are full fee paying, unless indicated otherwise in your Letter of Offer.

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