Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning
With Massey’s Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning you can contribute to designing liveable cities and regions and ensuring sustainable use of resources.
Massey’s Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning is a unique professional planning degree that combines urban and natural resource planning.
Resource and environmental planning is a creative interdisciplinary process that deals with the natural and human dimensions of the world around us. It is concerned with the diversity of our communities, productivity of our economy, and vitality of our natural systems.
Careers
Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning graduates find jobs quickly, and on average earn around $50,000 in their first year of employment. While rooted in the New Zealand context, the Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning draws on international experience and planning approaches. Graduates can therefore apply their training locally or overseas in a variety of professional and applied environments such as those listed below:
- City/district councils
- Regional councils
- Central government (eg, Ministry for the Environment, Department of Conservation, New Zealand Transport Agency, Environmental Protection Authority)
- Private consulting firms and corporates (such as Fonterra)
- Environmental and other non-governmental organisations
Bachelor of Resource and Environmental Planning graduates can take on a variety of roles such as:
- Resource consent planners/ officers
- Urban planners
- Environmental planners
- Transport planners
- Urban designers
- Policy analysts