The core units focus on the social context within which environmental management takes place. This specialist electives units offer choice to cater to the needs of individual students. The flexibility of unit selection means students can undertake the course fully externally or internally, or a by a combination of both, depending on unit selection. Internally enrolled students attend tutorials on campus, while having full access to the materials provided to external students. Small class sizes mean that all students have ready access to staff, via collegial online or face-to-face interactions.

Student-centred, resource and activity-based learning materials provide a stimulating program that is balanced between updating content knowledge and technical skills, developing conceptual skills, and the application of these for natural resource management within its social context.