University of Newcastle

Course Description

• The Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management provides the opportunity to explore the science behind human-induced impacts and to gain experience in management-based skills and knowledge to help protect the environment now and into the future

• Students will learn to understand and combat the critical issues placing a growing strain on the earth’s natural resources such as climate change, human impacts, and the biodiversity crisis

• Environmental science and management incorporates courses from several majors including biology, sustainability, chemistry, geology and the social sciences to understand human impacts on the environment and to develop ways to address these problems

• Students will choose from the majors:

• Natural Resources and Hazards

• Ecosystems and Biodiversity

• Marine Science and Management

• Sustainability

• Students will gain scientific skills in environmental science including essential laboratory and field-based skills in diverse environments from terrestrial forests to coastal and marine ecosystems