Bachelor of Environment and Society - BEnvSoc

Victoria University of Wellington

Pursue your passion for environmental issues. Tackle the big questions and equip yourself with the knowledge to drive change.

Make a lasting impact

The world faces urgent environmental challenges. Tackling them calls for collaboration across multiple perspectives. The Bachelor of Environment and Society prepares you to understand and address environmental issues from a range of viewpoints. At the same time, it deepens your expertise in a specialist subject.

This three-year degree builds your understanding of both the social and the biophysical dimensions of environmental change. You’ll learn to think critically about the causes and effects of environmental problems, based on a firm grasp of the physical processes shaping our world.

Through the BEnvSoc, you’ll explore key concepts like sustainability and justice. You’ll ask how Indigenous environmental knowledge can guide our approach to environmental problems. And you’ll apply your knowledge across a range of scales-from local issues in environmental management to global issues of climate change and inequality.

With this degree, you’ll gain the skills to make a meaningful difference and turn your passion into action.

Career options

Through the BEnvSoc, you’ll develop specialist knowledge along with highly sought-after skills in analysis, research, critical thinking, and collaboration. These skills will set you up for roles in a range of sectors, allowing you to contribute meaningfully to your chosen area.

There are many different career options, depending on your chosen major. You might pursue a role as a policy adviser, community facilitator, science communicator, or environmental scientist. You might work as a scientific adviser, a migrant/refugee advocate, or a consultant in a range of areas including environmental design and sustainability planning.

Further study

Completing the Bachelor of Environment and Society provides a great foundation for further postgraduate study in science, humanities, design, education, or business, depending on your chosen major.

The BEnvSoc also offers clear pathways into postgraduate research in environment and society-related topics-for example, through a Master of Arts, Master of Environmental Science, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Science, or a PhD.