Environmental Science

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ENVS-MAJ+1004 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Michael Keough

Contact

Eastern Precinct Student Centre
The Eastern Precinct (building 138)
(between Doug McDonell building and Eastern Resource Centre)

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

Impact on the Earth's environment arises from human activities, including land degradation and industrial pollution, as well as naturally occurring phenomena, such as earthquakes, cyclones and tsunamis. Environmental Science gives you the skills to identify and understand the causes or environmental problems triggered by human activity.

Careers and Further Study

A major in Environmental Science opens doors to laboratory, outdoor and indoor careers. Specialisations can include studies in hydrogeology, marine and terrestrial ecology, conservation biology and assessing and measuring environmental risk.
The Environmental Science major also provides a pathway to the new Master of Science (Environmental Science) which was launched in 2009. For more information on the Master of Science please visit the Melbourne Graduate School of Science web site: http://graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au
Objectives: By the end of a three year Bachelor of Environments degree with an Environmental Science major, you will have developed robust, scientifically sound and practical skills to find solutions to problems impacting on the Earth. For more information visit: www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au
Structure & Available Subjects: See details below.
Majors/
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Course Planning for an Environmental Science major

A major in Environmental Science in the Bachelor of Environments consists of:

  • 112.5 points (9 subjects) of Environmental Science subjects;
  • 25 points (2 subjects) of core first year subjects (Natural Environments and Reshaping Environments).

This is in addition to elective subjects and breadth subjects to make up the 300 points required for the degree. Specific details of the Bachleor of Environments course structure can be found at:

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/B-ENVS

In order to complete a major in Environmnetal Science, you will undertake the following subjects:
Subject Options:

1st year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

2nd year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

3rd year level subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

AND 75 points (6 subjects) chosen from:

1st year level subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
January, Semester 2
12.50
2nd year level subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
3rd year level subjects
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

Bachelor of Environments elective subjects

All Bachelor of Environments students must complete 37.5 credit points of Bachelor of Environments electives. For a complete listing of available subjects please see:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/breadth/elective-subjects.html

Breadth subjects

Bachelor of Environments students must complete between 50 and 75 credit points of subjects selected from those available as breadth for Bachelor of Environments students; with no more than 37.5 points at Level 1. For a complete listing of available subjects please click the 'Find breadth subjects' link on the Handbook homepage and perform a search.

The breadth requirements for the Bachelor of Environments include the restriction of some subjects as breadth options, depending on a individual student’s choice of major. Refer to the Breadth Requirements for the Bachelor of Environments for additional information.

For more information on this major and to view a sample plan please visit:

http://www.benvs.unimelb.edu.au/current-students/course-info/environ-science.html

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