Bachelor of Environmental Science

The University of New England

The Bachelor of Environmental Science will provide students with a systematic and sound scientific understanding of regional, national and global environmental issues and their management. The course provides for flexible and personal learning with students gaining generic and specialist skills to be job ready in a range of career pathways including environmental protection, conservation, land, wildlife and water management, and further postgraduate study. Fundamental knowledge, and well-developed field and practical skills, are gained in core units of the degree with four majors (Applied Management, Conservation and Ecology, People and Environment, and Vegetation and Landscapes) enabling specialisation. Industry engagement and experiential opportunities will enable students to operate as competent professionals in a wide range of different environmental science careers. Learning Outcomes: demonstrate a coherent understanding of environmental science by articulating the scientific basis for the multi disciplinary nature of environmental science and explaining why current scientific knowledge is both contestable and testable by further inquiry; 1. demonstrate a broad and coherent understanding of environmental science by demonstrating well-developed knowledge of the conceptual and theoretical scientific basis of environmental issues and their drivers at various scales; interdependencies between humans and the environment through holistic systems thinking; and demonstrating understanding of the regulatory frameworks relevant to multidisciplinary areas of environmental science; 2. demonstrate an understanding of diverse approaches to environmental science, including transdisciplinary approaches to identifying and conceptualising environmental and sustainability challenges through different frameworks of knowing, including reflection on personal values and value of others including the ethical positions and interests of indigenous peoples; 3. demonstrate well developed cognitive and technical skills though critical analytical approaches to solve environmental problems by gathering, synthesising and critically evaluating information from a range of sources; designing and planning investigations; selecting and applying practical and theoretical field or laboratory techniques or tools in order to conduct investigations; and collecting, accurately recording, interpreting and drawing valid conclusions from scientific data; 4. be effective communicators of environmental science by conveying scientific results, information or arguments, to a diverse range of audiences in a range of contexts, and using written, electronic, visual and oral delivery modes, inclusive of engaging with indigenous approaches to environmental and sustainability challenges; and 5. demonstrate professional, personal and public conduct, and demonstrate accountability for their own learning and scientific work; demonstrate ethical, responsible and safe work practices as an individual and in teams. Career outcomes Environmental science is a diverse and evolving field, projected by the Australian Government’s Job Outlook website to have strong future growth. You will graduate from UNE with in-demand knowledge and practical skills. You could consider opportunities in the private sector, state or federal agencies and local government including: • environmental protection • environmental consultancy • wildlife management • water and land management • ecotourism • research and conservation • policy development and analysis.

• Applied Management
• Conservation and Ecology
• People and Environment
Vegetation and Landscapes

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Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law

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