Undergraduate study in Environmental Change
What can you study in Environmental Change?
As an Environmental Change student, you’ll have a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and holistic learning experience. You can choose courses from the following subject areas:
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Earth Sciences
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Science
- Geography
- Marine Science
- Statistics
Structuring your BAdvSci(Hons) specialisation in Environmental Change
- 45 points:
- 15 points from:
- 45 points:
- 15 points from:
- 45 points:
- 30 points from:
- BIOSCI 394 Conservation Ecology
- EARTHSCI 303 Sedimentary Systems
- EARTHSCI 307 Dynamic Quaternary Environments (not offered in 2022)
- ENVSCI 301 Environmental Science in Practice
- ENVSCI 303 Environmental Science, Risk and Society
- GEOG 320 Resources and Environmental Management
- GEOG 324 Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development (not offered in 2022)
- GEOG 325 The Human Dimension of Disasters
- GEOG 351 Coastal and Marine Studies
- GEOG 352 Landscape, Environment and Heritage
- GISCI 341 Advanced Remote Sensing
- MARINE 302 Dynamics of Marine Systems
- 15 points from:
- 15 points from:
- ENVMGT 742 Social Change for Sustainability
- ENVSCI 704 Modelling of Environmental Systems (not offered in 2022)
- ENVSCI 705 Environmental Data Analysis
- GEOG 748 Current Issues in Coastal Management (not offered in 2022)
- 30 points from:
- EARTHSCI 705 Geohazards
- EARTHSCI 720 Geochemistry of Our World
- EARTHSCI 732 Reconstructing Environmental Change
- EARTHSCI 754 Pure and Applied Sedimentology
- ENVMGT 741 Social Change for Sustainability
- ENVMGT 743 Environmental Policy (not offered in 2022)
- ENVMGT 744 Resource Management
- ENVMGT 746 Collaborative Environmental Management
- ENVSCI 704 Modelling of Environmental Systems (not offered in 2022)
- ENVSCI 705 Environmental Data Analysis
- ENVSCI 711 Assessing Environmental Effects
- ENVSCI 713 Air Quality and Atmospheric Processes (not offered in 2022)
- ENVSCI 714 Water Quality Science
- ENVSCI 716 Aquatic Ecological Assessment
- ENVSCI 733 Biodiversity Management and Conservation (not offered in 2022)
- ENVSCI 734 Restoration and Landscape Ecology
- ENVSCI 737 Applied Terrestrial Ecology
- ENVSCI 738 Water and Society
- GEOG 730 Climate Change: Past, Present and Future (not offered in 2022)
- GEOG 745 Applied Fluvial Geomorphology
- GEOG 746 Applied Coastal Geomorphology
- GEOG 748 Current Issues in Coastal Management (not offered in 2022)
- GEOG 749 Climate and Society
- GEOG 770 GIS and Spatial Data Handling
- GEOG 771 Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation (not offered in 2022)
- 60 points:
You can use our degree planners to help you plan the courses you need to take for your BAdvSci(Hons). To find the most up to date Environmental Change degree planner, go to the Science degree planners page.
Where can undergraduate study in Environmental Change take you?
With their broad, multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, students can find career opportunities in local and regional government, Government ministries, Crown Research Institutes and private consultancies.
Jobs related to Environmental Change
- Conservation manager
- Environmental advocate or educator
- Environmental consultant
- Impact assessor
- Policy analyst
- Resource management consultant
- Urban designer
Further study options
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