Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability Advanced (Honours)

Australian National University

Bachelor's degree

In Canberra (Australia)

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Canberra (Australia)

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

  • Credits

    192

The complex and interconnected challenges of creating sustainable societies within a healthy global environment demand an integrative, holistic appreciation of environment and sustainability that requires a broad understanding of the world.This contemporary cross-disciplinary Honours degree prepares you to address the complex challenges of sustainability by providing a broad environmental education with a sound basis in theory and methods and a focus on hands-on applications and field-based, research-led learning. You will learn to link perspectives from the natural and social sciences with their applications in your chosen major in environmental science, sustainable natural resource management or sustainability studies; and can select from minors that range from biodiversity conservation, environmental policy, climate change and water resources to indigenous studies, international relations and development studies. In particular you will gain the research skills needed to develop new knowledge and insights in environment and sustainability.If you care about meeting the challenges and opportunities facing us this century this degree will prepare you for further Master or PhD research, and for an effective career in environment science, sustainable natural resource management and developing pathways to a sustainable future.

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Location

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Canberra (Australia)
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The Australian National University, ACT 0200

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About this course

Admission to all programs is on a competitive basis. Admission to undergraduate degrees is based on meeting the ATAR requirement or an equivalent rank derived from the following qualifications:• An Australian year 12 qualification or international equivalent; OR• A completed Associate Diploma, Associate Degree, AQF Diploma, Diploma, AQF Advanced Diploma, Graduate Certificate or international equivalent; OR• At least one standard full-time year (1 .0 FTE) in a single program of degree level study at an Australian higher education institution or international equivalent.

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Subjects

  • Conservation
  • Resource Management

Course programme

This program requires completion of 192 units, of which:

A maximum of 60 units can come from the completion of 1000-level courses

A minimum of 36 units must come from completion of 3000-level courses from the Science course list

A minimum of 24 units must come from completion of Honours Pathway Courses or Honours Pathway Options from the Science course list

The 192 units must include:

48 units from completion of one of the following majors:

Environmental Science
Resource and Environmental Management
Sustainability Studies

Either

24 units from completion of one of the following minors:

Australian Indigenous Studies
Biodiversity Conservation and Management
Climate Change Science and Policy
Environmental Policy
Forest Science and Policy
Geography
Human Ecology
Soil and Land Management
Sustainable Development
Water Science and Policy

24 units from completion of courses from the Science course list

Or

48 units from completion of one of the following majors:

Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
Earth Science
Environmental Science
Resource and Environmental Management
Geography
Marine Science
Sustainability Studies

48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU

48 units from completion of the Environment Honours specialisation

"A course can only be counted toward one major or minor, with the exception that a maximum of 12 units of 1000 level courses can count toward two majors that share common first year requirements."

"Students must achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark in each period (Summer/First Semester/Autumn and Winter/Second Semester/Spring) in order to continue in the Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability Advanced (Honours). Students who do not achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark will be transferred to the Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability."

"Students must complete 144 units and achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark (calculated from the 36 units of courses in disciplines cognate to the Honours specialisation, excluding 1000-level courses, with the highest marks) and satisfy all admission requirements specified in the Honours specialisation in order to commence the Honours specialisation. Students who do not achieve the 70% weighted average mark after 144 units or do not satisfy all admission requirements specified in the Honours specialisation will be transferred to the Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability."

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Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability Advanced (Honours)

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