Bachelor of Environmental Science

The world requires skilled scientists and innovators to develop solutions to the complex environmental problems facing a rapidly changing planet. Our Bachelor of Environmental Science is a highly flexible course that provides you with a broad foundation in the core theories and specialized applied skills that underpin environmental science, together with a strong scientific understanding of local and global environmental issues and their management. Future fit your career for life with the knowledge and practical skills you will need to thrive as an environmental scientist, and help to find the solutions we will need to build environmental, socially and fiscally sustainable systems.

Campus
Duration
Fees
ATAR

Online Campus

Online/Off-campus - 3 years

Part-time - 10 years

N/A
70

UNE Armidale (main campus)

Full-time - 3 years

Part-time - 10 years

N/A
70

Structure

144 credit points

Subjects

  • Introduction to Biology: Cells and Life (BIOL110)
  • Organisms and the Diversity of Life (BIOL120)
  • Plant Diversity (BOTY203)
  • Chemistry I (CHEM110)
  • Aquatic Ecology (ECOL308)
  • Ecology - Populations to Ecosystems (ECOL203)
  • Environment in Practice I (ENSC111)
  • Australian Aboriginal Sustainability Systems (ENSC220)
  • Environment in Practice II (ENSC222)
  • Environment in Practice III (ENSC333)
  • Our Blue Planet (GEOL110)
  • Introduction to GIS and Spatial Thinking (GISC334)
  • Foundational Quantitative Methods for Environmental and Rural Sciences (QMER100)
  • Soil Science (SOIL222)

Entry requirements

  • an Australian Year 12 qualification or overseas equivalent.