Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management

James Cook University - Cairns

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Overview

This course teaches how to manage the interactions between people and the environment to find solutions to pressing environmental problems. JCU has strong research links and offers an honours study option where students can undertake an independent research project. JCU is an internationally recognised centre of environmental excellence with tropical campuses bordered by the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics, exposing students to the challenges of planning in delicate ecosystems. Students learn about the political, economic and social context in which environmental management in the tropics sit, whilst building their science and maths skills as they relate to the environment more broadly. The Centre for Tropical Urban and Regional Planning at JCU arranges final-year professional placements.JCU Offer Guarantee: JCU offers guaranteed admissions to most courses if a minimum ATAR is achieved. Learn more here: Guaranteed Admission at JCU. For current course information, visit Bachelor of Environmental Practice at JCU.

Prerequisites

Potential Career Outcomes

Local, state and federal government, consulting firms, public and private property development, non-government aid organisations.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer92.0098.00
Median rank to receive an offer74.1077.70
Lowest rank to receive an offer68.0070.00

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the James Cook University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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