Resource Studies involves the study and interpretation of environmental issues. It is a broad and expanding area in New Zealand and internationally, as countries are increasingly challenged by issues of sustainability of the environment and natural resources.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Resource Studies provides students with an understanding of the fluid, contestable relationships between the economic, social and ecological dimensions of environmental decision-making and practice.
It is designed to produce graduates who can contribute skills in problem solving, hazard evaluation. decision making and sustainability.