Environment and Society Subject regulations
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.
Other qualifications
Prescriptions for:
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PGCert(EnvSoc), PGDip(EnvSoc) and MEnvSoc To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in graduate Environment and Society papers, a student should normally have at least a B average in either the best three of their 300 level papers of their major or all the undergraduate papers of their major.
To complete a PGCert(EnvSoc) students must complete 60 points in papers listed for Environment and Society, including at least one or both of ANTHY521 or POLSC537.
To complete a PGDip(EnvSoc) students must complete 120 points in papers listed for Environment and Society, including at least 60 points from papers in List A of the MEnvSoc regulations, including at least one or both of ANTHY521 or POLSC537. Students may include a 30-point Research Project.
The qualification regulations define the admission requirements for enrolments into the 180 or 120 point MEnvSoc regulations.
Candidates admitted under section 2(a) of these regulations must complete one or both of ANTHY521 and POLSC537 and a further 30 points from List A. The remaining papers in the programme of study is approved in consultation with the Graduate Advisor.
Candidates admitted under section 2(b) of these regulations must complete one of ANTHY521 and POLSC537 and either a 30 point Research Project or a 60 point Dissertation, the remaining papers in the programme of study is approved in consultation with the Graduate Advisor.
NOTES:
- Students admitted under a) above may, at the discretion of the programme convenors, include up to 30 points in relevant papers.
Environment and Society papers
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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ANTHY515
Ethnographic Research Methods
This paper provides an in depth introduction to ethnographic research, including its ethical, theoretical, and methodical components. |
30 | 27A (Hamilton) |
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ANTHY521
Environmental Anthropology: Studies in Nature, Culture and Economies
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns... |
30 | 27A (Hamilton) |
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EDUCA500
Culturally Responsive Methodologies incorporating kaupapa Māori and Critical Theories
Culturally Responsive Methodologies utilise kaupapa Māori and critical theoretical frameworks to develop contexts within which the researched... |
30 | 27X (Tauranga) |
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ENVPL500
Advanced Environmental Assessment and Planning
This is a project-based paper that provides an understanding of how environmental assessments are prepared, and used to assist decision-making and... |
15 | 27B (Hamilton) & 27B (Online) |
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ENVPL510
Planning Theory
This paper discusses the various theories that influence how we plan our world. It will cover issues such as power, justice, governance, politics... |
15 | 27B (Hamilton) |
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ENVSC504
Pollution and Environmental Contaminants
This paper examines the ecological effects of chemical and non-chemical pollution. Analysing online databases and the scientific literature provides... |
15 | 27B (Hamilton) |
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EVSOC593
Environment and Society Thesis
An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. |
90 | 27X (Hamilton) |
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GEOGY520
Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
This paper examines the increasing risks imposed on human communities by global environmental change. The paper establishes a platform for the... |
30 | 27B (Hamilton) |
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HISTY512
Global Environmental History
Global Environmental History explores the ways in which human societies, cultures, and economies have imagined and shaped, as well as been shaped by... |
30 | 27A (Hamilton) |
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MAORI502
Sustainable Resource Issues
This paper examines contemporary issues facing natural resource management among indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the experiences of... |
30 | 27A (Online) |
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MAORI570
Te Mahi Rangahau: Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Research Methods and Issues
This paper introduces students to a range of research issues, helps students identify and apply the most effective methodology, understand, review... |
30 | 27A (Online) |
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MNGMT581
Research Methods in Management Studies
This paper aims to introduce students to the assumptions underlying the different methodologies and methods for performing research in the social... |
30 | 27A (Hamilton) & 27B (Hamilton) & 27C (Hamilton) |
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POLSC537
Environmental Politics and Public Policy
This paper introduces students to the complexities and challenges of environmental policy processes, and develops skills in scholarly research on... |
30 | 27A (Hamilton) |
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PSYCH555
Environmental Psychology
Provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge in Environmental Psychology, the study of the transaction between humans and their natural... |
15 | 27A (Online) |
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STMGT584
Sustainable Futures
Individuals and organisations operate in contexts that are increasingly complex and uncertain. They face issues that are global in nature and which... |
30 | 27B (Hamilton) |
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THMGT502
Tourism Development and the Environment
This paper provides students with an opportunity to learn about the tourism industry, and to appreciate the different management issues from a... |
30 | 27B (Hamilton) |
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ANTHY515 Ethnographic Research Methods
This paper provides an in depth introduction to ethnographic research, including its ethical, theoretical, and methodical components.
Points 30This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns...
Points 30Culturally Responsive Methodologies utilise kaupapa Māori and critical theoretical frameworks to develop contexts within which the researched...
Points 30This is a project-based paper that provides an understanding of how environmental assessments are prepared, and used to assist decision-making and...
Points 15This paper discusses the various theories that influence how we plan our world. It will cover issues such as power, justice, governance, politics...
Points 15This paper examines the ecological effects of chemical and non-chemical pollution. Analysing online databases and the scientific literature provides...
Points 15An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
Points 90This paper examines the increasing risks imposed on human communities by global environmental change. The paper establishes a platform for the...
Points 30Global Environmental History explores the ways in which human societies, cultures, and economies have imagined and shaped, as well as been shaped by...
Points 30This paper examines contemporary issues facing natural resource management among indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the experiences of...
Points 30This paper introduces students to a range of research issues, helps students identify and apply the most effective methodology, understand, review...
Points 30This paper aims to introduce students to the assumptions underlying the different methodologies and methods for performing research in the social...
Points 30This paper introduces students to the complexities and challenges of environmental policy processes, and develops skills in scholarly research on...
Points 30Provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge in Environmental Psychology, the study of the transaction between humans and their natural...
Points 15Individuals and organisations operate in contexts that are increasingly complex and uncertain. They face issues that are global in nature and which...
Points 30This paper provides students with an opportunity to learn about the tourism industry, and to appreciate the different management issues from a...
Points 30
2027 Subject regulation information current as at 14 Aug 2026 01:00am