Employability of environmental science graduates in Australia

A.L. Brown and Sally Clarke
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A.L. Brown: Griffith University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 1997, vol. 17, issue 1, 45-55

Abstract: Abstract Since the 1970s, there has been a global proliferation of environmental courses. The types of courses are described, as are the structures, philosophies and objectives of courses which have stood the test of time. Employment of environmental graduates is discussed. The degree in Australian Environmental Studies (AES) from Griffith University is described and discussed with reference to pitfalls described in the literature. In Australia, there has been an increased demand for graduates in the environmental area. The trend in employers has been widening the field of potential recruits by keeping the degree specification broad and using the duty statements in the advertisements to specify the environmental skills and knowledge required. The number of graduates from AES has increased steadily since the course was established, and despite global and national trends of proliferation of environmental courses and graduates, survey results indicated that graduates from AES are professionally employed in a wide range of employment sectors, with female and male graduates being equally successful in obtaining employment.

Keywords: Environmental Management; Nature Conservation; Survey Result; Environmental Study; Environmental Science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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