Overview

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Geoscience plays a crucial role in finding, extracting and managing earth resources. These minerals and energy resources are essential to almost every aspect of our day-to-day modern life. This innovative course allows you to study the fundamentals of a geology degree while developing the skills you will need on the job and in the field.

With a strong practical focus on earth science, geology and GIS, this course will expand your knowledge of our planet’s composition, structure and natural geological systems. You will learn to apply mobile GIS technology, rather than simply learning to map on paper, providing you with advanced skills as a graduate.

We capitalise on our location within the New England Orogen,  by undertaking regular field trips in our local area. We are fortunate to have a diverse array of spectacular geology easily accessible within a short drive of our campus. We also run field trips to locations further afield including overseas to countries such as New Zealand and Bhutan, subject to COVID-19 travel restrictions. 

This course includes topics such as field geology, resource geology and environmental issues, optical mineralogy and igneous petrology, ore deposit geology, exploration and environmental geochemistry, structural and metamorphic geology, field mapping and sedimentology, palaeontology and stratigraphy, applied geophysics, among others. You will have access to state of the art teaching facilities on campus including modern digital techniques of delivering geoscience. Our small class sizes mean you will have excellent access to our internationally recognised teaching staff.

UNE’s Bachelor of GeoScience is the only geology degree in Australia that you can complete online. You will graduate with a well-rounded knowledge of geoscience and a skillset that incorporates lab, fieldwork and geology-specific GIS/geospatial mapping, highly valued by employers.

You can progress to higher level studies, such as an Honours year if you are achieving above average academic results.

Majors

Areas of study

Applied geophysics, digital geological mapping by GIS, environmental geology, geochemistry and palaeontology, ore deposit geology, petrology, sedimentology, structural and metamorphic geology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Geoscience graduates work as geologists, geophysicists, palaeontologists, academics and earth scientists in areas such as mineral exploration and mining, environmental consultancies, scientific organisations (eg CSIRO, Geoscience Australia), government agencies (eg state and federal geological surveys), energy resources and exploration (eg coal and petroleum industries), museums and academia.

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 offer84.484.4
Median rank to receive an offer7474
Lowest rank to receive an offer69.469.4

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of New England website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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