Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness
University of Tasmania - Launceston
Overview
A Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness gives you a broad, multi-disciplinary approach to understanding and tackling environmental issues, and develops your skills to conserve biodiversity and geodiversity in one of the more difficult times in the history of nature on the planet and build a better future for us all.
Nature, and especially wild nature, has become increasingly important for human mental and physical wellbeing. At the same time, it is fast being displaced, degraded and destroyed. An ability to think critically and creatively across disciplines, in the intersection between nature and human society, is vital for informing the management, protection, and use of the natural environment. People with this knowledge will work to protect and restore nature on our one planet.
There is no better place to study natural environments and wilderness than Tasmania. Our state is a living laboratory, with a fifth of it in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Areas, and 42% in protected areas, many of which are close to our campus doors. Tasmania also offers a vibrant variety of urban, social, and rural environments to engage with, learn from, and live amongst.
This wide, interdisciplinary degree will enable you to contribute your skills and experience to a wide variety of occupations in a wide variety of places. Every nation, regardless of their level of development, has a natural environment which must be managed and protected.
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Potential Career Outcomes
This interdisciplinary degree provides you with the knowledge and skills to gain employment in a wide variety of sectors related to natural environments and wilderness, vital as we continue to expand our presence on the earth and need to live in harmony with the natural environment to ensure our survival.
Opportunities include nature-based tourism, natural area management and natural area interpretation, across government, private and not for profit industries.
The broad nature of the degree also provides more general employability in the same way as the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts. The skills you learn are applicable to industries and sectors all over the world. Anywhere there is interaction with the natural environment, your skills and knowledge can be utilised.
Career opportunities with natural environment and wilderness studies include:
- Environmental protection
- Environmental organisations and consultancies
- Land and heritage management
- Nature-based and eco-tourism
- Parks planning and management
- Resource-based industries such as forestry
- Natural resource management
Postgraduate study
While the degree may be taken out after three years of successful study, the fourth year of the degree provides the opportunity to develop either research skills, or job-ready skills and job-related experience. Professional certification as a planner can be gained as a progression from this fourth year, or as an alternative to the fourth year, plus one extra year.
Postgraduate courses are also available in Environmental Management and Protected Area Management.
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 2022.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 98.8 | 98.8 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 73.7 | 73.7 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 48.6 | 48.6 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the University of Tasmania website for admission criteria information.
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.
University
University of Tasmania
Campus
Launceston
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Other
Indicative ATAR
48.60
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 3 years, Part-time: Available
Course Link
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- State
- TAS
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 242
- Campuses
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Australian Maritime College, Launceston Cradle Coast Hobart Sydney
Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at University of Tasmania. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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