Faculty of Science
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Bachelor of Science (Environment)

The Bachelor of Science (Environment) offers a broad, flexible, multi-disciplinary program that is ideal for students wishing to complete a science-based environmental degree with a view to employment in an area of environmental assessment, management and policy development. Core subjects have been chosen with a view to providing the key workplace skills required in the environmental field, and appropriate disciplinary strands (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, or Geosciences) can be chosen from optional subjects. This is a prescribed program of study comprising core and optional subjects as set out below.

Mathematics Requirement

All students entering the Bachelor of Science (Environment) without meeting the minimum Mathematics requirement must successfully complete MATH 151. Students interested in transferring to the Bachelor of Environmental Science (four year degree) should note that they will need to complete MATH151 as additional load.

Course Program

Subjects

Session

Credit Points

Common First Year

SCIE000

Science Risk Management

Autumn

0

BIOL104

Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment

Autumn

6

CHEM101

Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry

Autumn

6

EESC101

Planet Earth

Autumn

6

EESC103

Landscape Change and Climatology

Autumn

6

BIOL103

Molecules, Cells and Organisms

Spring

6

CHEM102

Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life

Spring

6

EESC102

Earth Environments and Resources

Spring

6

EESC104

The Human Environment: Problems and Change

Spring

6

MATH151

General Mathematics 1A (if required)

Summer 2012/2013

6

Common Second Year

BIOL251

Principles of Ecology

Autumn

6

EESC203

Biogeography and Environmental Change

Autumn

6

PHYS233

Introduction to Environmental Physics

Autumn

6

CHEM214

Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

Spring

6

EESC202

Soils, Landscapes and Hydrology

Spring

6

EESC204

Introductory Spatial Science

Spring

6

STAT252

Statistics for the Natural Sciences

Spring

6

Options:

Select one of the following three subjects:

BIOL105

Functional Biology of Animals and Plants

Autumn

6

PHIL256

Ethics and Environment

Autumn

6

MATH151*

General Mathematics 1A (if required)

Autumn

6

 

* If not completed in Summer Session 2012/2013

Third Year

Core

EESC304

Geographic Information Science

Spring

8

ENVI391

Environmental Science

Spring

8

Options

Plus four of the following subjects, as approved:

BIOL351

Conservation Biology: Marine and Terrestrial Populations

Autumn

8

EESC303

Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology

Autumn

8

EESC305

Remote Sensing of the Environment

Autumn

8

CHEM314

Instrumental Analysis

Autumn

8

CHEM327

Environmental Chemistry

Autumn

8

EESC301

Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History

Autumn

8

EESC302

Coastal Environments: Process and Management

Spring

8

BIOL356

Marine and Terrestrial Ecology

Spring

8

EESC306

Resources and Environments

Spring

8

EESC308

Environmental and Heritage management

Spring

8

MARE300

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Spring

8

Or other subjects approved by the Coordinator

Honours

See separate entry for the Bachelor of Science Honours (741).

Other Information

The Degree Coordinator is Professor John Morrison - School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, telephone +61 2 4221 4377, email: johnm@uow.edu.au