Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science
University of Western Australia - Crawley
Overview
In the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science you'll gain advanced skills and knowledge in dealing with issues such as climate change, water resource management, sustainable natural resource use, and the rehabilitation of degraded or polluted environments to help secure a sustainable future. The course is structured as a four-year accelerated Combined Bachelor Master's program for those with an ATAR of 90 or above. By completing this course, you will graduate with both a Bachelor of Environmental Science and a Master of Environmental Science.
In your first three years you will complete your selected in Environmental Science and Ecology (Extended Major) or Environmental Science and Management (Extended Major) where you'll learn how to understand rational analysis, and improvement of human impacts on the natural world through a critical review of current knowledge, systematic observation, experimentation, modelling, and rigorous data analysis.
You will then complete a final year of postgraduate study in the Master of Environmental Science which focuses on understanding the impact of human activity where you will develop scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable global environment.
Why study this Combined Bachelor Master's course?
- UWA is ranked 1st in Australia and 15th in the World for Agricultural Sciences (ARWU 2022)
- The UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy is a recognised centre of excellence for the impact of its environmental policy analysis
- You’ll learn to help society resolve conflicts, caused by the increasing demands of growing populations on the environment through an understanding of environmental science and social science
Majors
Environmental Science and Ecology (Extended Major)
In this extended major, you'll learn about the Environmental Science discipline and how it focuses on assessing the impact of human activity on the global environment to develops scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable future. Whilst your studies in Ecology will focus on how species interact with each other, with other species, and with their physical environment to develop a vital understanding to help in the protection of environmental balance of the natural world.
Environmental Science and Management (Extended Major)
In this extended major, you'll learn about the Environmental Science discipline and how it focuses on assessing the impact of human activity on the global environment to develops scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable future. You'll also be trained to apply scientific, economic and regulatory knowledge to help society resolve global conflicts such as climate change, deforestation and water pollution.
Prerequisites for both extended majors:
- Mathematics Methods ATAR OR Mathematics Applications ATAR with a mathematics unit taken in the first year
- Students without ATAR Mathematics will take two first-year mathematics units
- Chemistry ATAR OR an additional chemistry unit taken in the first year
Master of Environmental Science
This course will delve into issues such as climate change, water resource management, sustainable natural resource use, and the rehabilitation of degraded or polluted environments. Throughout the course you'll gain important skills in data analysis and interpretation, lab and field methods, plus GIS and remote sensing. You will also choose one of the following areas of specialisation: Catchments and WaterEnvironmental Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental Rehabilitation, Sensing and Environmental Data
Potential Career Outcomes
Environmental Consultant, Environmental Manager, Environmental Scientist, Geographer and more.
ATAR & Selection Rank
The ATAR and Selection Rank profile is not available as this is a new course.
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the University of Western Australia website for admission criteria information.
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University
University of Western Australia
Campus
Crawley
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Other
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 4 years, Part-time: Available
Indicative ATAR
Unknown
Course Link
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