Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Planning Hons

This is an invitation to nurture a career specialising in urban or regional policy and planning. Gain the capabilities to address local opportunities and global challenges, together with specialist knowledge of the physical and ecological sciences, risk and resilience, the Treaty of Waitangi, resource management and planning law.

Environmental planning is going through a period of accelerated change in response to shifts in society, climate issues, economic priorities and other factors.

This Honours degree blends practical experience and theory to develop your potential in the exciting and fast-evolving fields of urban and regional planning. Learn and grow to enhance the future by shaping our environment.

• By developing a sound understanding of the complex relationships between gender, culture, ethnicity and equity - and how they influence environmental policy and planning.
• By spending time with people who seek the permissions to carry out, prevent or modify a wide range of activities in different environmental contexts.
• Crafting various plans and strategies, and making recommendations on what people can do in the environment.
• Learning how to analyse and make evidence-based decisions in multi-disciplinary situations.
• Expand your potential to make a tangible contribution to the processes leading to positive sustainable outcomes.
• Becoming accredited by the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI*).

General Secondary Education Certificate, plus one year (full-time equivalent) of successful study at a recognised university, Good passing grades

There is high demand for skilled and visionary professional planners. As a graduate planner with Lincoln University's accredited degree, you'll be qualified for environmental or policy planning roles at city, district, regional and central government levels as well as in exciting private sector enterprises.

I found the field trips and way the courses are applied to real life situations really effective for showing how the theories and processes we discuss in class happen in the real world.

Lisa Arnott

Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Planning with Honours

1. Create your MyLinc Account:

Create an account and submit your application in MyLinc. 
Use an email that you can access and a password you can remember. We recommend monitoring your email spam or junk folders for account verification emails. If these don’t arrive, contact us for help.

 2. Make your study application: 

Once your MyLinc account is set up, log in to make your application. Let us know what you would like to study and give us as much information as you can, as this will help speed up your application. You can save your progress and come back later to complete your application. 

We ask for information about: 

• Your chosen study programme
• When you expect to start
• Your previous study, including your last year of high school
• Your English language test results (if English is not your first language)
• Other documents to support your application if applicable. 

If you are unable to provide your documents in your application, email them to [email protected]. 

 3. Monitor your emails

We’ll keep in touch with you about your application via email and may ask for more information. Once we have everything we need, and if you meet the criteria for your chosen qualification, you will receive an offer letter via email. 

 4. Accept your offer on MyLinc

After you accept your offer on MyLinc, you’ll receive instructions on how to complete your enrolment. You’ll also get your LU username, password and email address. These are sent via email, so monitor your junk/spam folders.  

 5. Check any conditions in your Offer Letter

If we require supporting documentation, please supply that as soon as possible so we can move you through the enrolment process more quickly. If we’ve asked you to provide evidence of your identity, read the instructions carefully.