Bachelor of Environmental Management

The Bachelor of Environmental Management requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time).

The course is offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study
• Honours
• Combined degrees
  

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. 

Course aims

This course provides students with a broad-based foundation in issues of environmental management and provides training in environmental monitoring and analysis, and in the economic and social evaluation and appraisal of environmental impacts. It deals with some of the most vital issues facing Australia and the rest of the world today - water resources, biodiversity, coastal management, pollution, land degradation, energy use, climate change and sustainable resource use.

The course combines the study of physical geography, the earth sciences and biology (which explain how environmental systems work and how human activities impact on these systems), with the study of the social sciences (which explain the causes of this impact and how our environmental behaviour can be better managed to minimise this impact).

The course aims to produce graduates that:

• understand the complexity and contexts of environmental decision-making
• are able to collect, process and evaluate environmental information through a variety of approaches
• develop appropriate strategies for managing environments and associated resources.
  

Learning outcomes

On completion of their degree, graduates will:

• demonstrate a sound understanding of environmental management and its challenges
• be able to collect, analyse and manage data
• be able to communicate effectively through written and verbal forms
• apply knowledge to find solutions to environmental management challenges
• be able to work collaboratively
• be aware of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental management
• be aware of the requirements for ethical behaviour.
  

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of Environmental Management, a student must complete 108 units of topics with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study* below. No more than 45 units of First Year topics may be included.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• the course must be completed within 10 consecutive years or, where credit has been granted for previous work, a period determined by the Board;
• students may not proceed to Second or Third Year topics until they have completed or are enrolled in 36 units at First Year.

*The Faculty Board may approve substitute topics if a student is unable to undertake particular core topics while studying overseas on a program supported by the course management committee.

Part A - Core topics

Core - Year 1 topics

27 units comprising:

 BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1701  Environmental Studies  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1702  Environment, Economy and Culture  (4.5 units)
 ENVS1703  Professional Skills in Environmental Management  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1001  Water Resources and Society  (4.5 units)
 GEOG1002  Cities as Human Environments  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 2 topics

18 units comprising:

 BUSN2024  Sustainable Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 ENVS2721  Environmental Decision Making Tools  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2700  Geographical Information Systems  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2721  Computing Methods in Geography  (4.5 units)

Core - Year 3 topics

13.5 units comprising:

 ENVS3732  Environmental Impact Assessment  (4.5 units)
 ENVS3742  Issues in Environmental Management  (4.5 units)
 SOAD3006  Practice Research  (4.5 units)

Part B - Field and Laboratory based topics

Choose 13.5 units from the following Field and Laboratory based topics, of which at least 4.5 units must be chosen from Group A.

Group A - Field & Laboratory based topics

 BIOL1101  Evolution of Biological Diversity  (4.5 units)
 BIOL1102  Molecular Basis of Life  (4.5 units)
 EASC3762  Field Investigations  (4.5 units)

Group B - Laboratory based topics

 BIOL1112  Biology and Society  (4.5 units)
 BIOL2701  Experimental Design and Statistics for Biology  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1101  Chemistry 1A  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1102  Chemistry 1B  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1201  Introduction to Chemistry A  (4.5 units)
 CHEM1202  Introduction to Chemistry B  (4.5 units)
 EASC1101  Earth and Environmental Sciences  (4.5 units)
 EASC1102  Marine Sciences  (4.5 units)
 EASC2722  Sedimentary Processes^  (4.5 units)
 EASC3732  Geological Processes^^  (4.5 units)
 
^ Offered in odd years only. ^^ Offered in even years only.

Part C - Elective topics

Select 36 units from:

 DVST2701  Sustainable Development  (4.5 units)
 ENVS2722  Environment in Film  (4.5 units)
 ENVS3711  Coastal Studies  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2702  Image Analysis in Remote Sensing  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2711  Australian Environmental Change  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2712  Asian Regional Development  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2722  Society and Space  (4.5 units)
 GEOG3702  Cities, Geography and Policy  (4.5 units)
 GEOG3711  Advanced Digital Image Analysis  (4.5 units)
 GEOG3721  Spatial Statistics and Surface Models  (4.5 units)
 GEOG3741  Regional Development  (4.5 units)
 PPHR2721  Demography  (4.5 units)

or other upper level topics selected from any Faculty of the University including up to 9 units of First year topics.

Honours

Refer to Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours)

Combined degrees

The Bachelor of Environmental Management may also be studied in combined degrees program with:

• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Master of Business and Technology

A double degree program is also available with the Bachelor of Environmental Management / Bachelor of Business and Technology which requires four years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time).

Students enrolling in combined degrees programs must seek the advice of the relevant course coordinator on how to structure their enrolment over the four years of the program.