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Bachelor of Environmental Management

Manage complex environmental issues and create a better future.

Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

CRICOS code
088625F
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Program length (full-time)
3 years
Semester tuition fee 2016
A$11,800
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$70,800
Footnotes
  • Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
  • * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
  • Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 013211
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 18 Rank - 62
UniSC program code
SC319
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
3 years full time or equivalent part time
Recommended prior study
English; Maths A, B or C; and at least one of the sciences
Fee type 2016
  • International fee-paying places
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
24
Total units
288

Gain the interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills you need for a career as an environmental manager. You’ll learn to minimise human impacts on the environment, manage resources sustainably, and conserve and restore habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Our program has a strong focus on tropical and subtropical environments and peri-urban areas, making it highly relevant to our region as well as your job prospects. In addition, you can specialise with a range of minors such as coastal and marine environments, climate change adaptation, planning studies, environmental health, geospatial analysis and environmental geography.

You’ll get plenty of authentic learning experiences with field work activities in locations such as Fraser Island, Noosa Biosphere and Bribie Island, as well as field trips to local sites such as water treatment plants, coastal engineering works, and nature reserves.

You’ll also have the opportunity in your final year to undertake a work placement or advanced research project, giving you necessary practical experience to enter the job market or pursue further studies.

Career opportunities

Careers in the field of environmental management are diverse and include opportunities at local, state, national and international levels, in industry, government, conservation, and research organisations.

Careers in environmental management include environmental assessment and protection (air, water, land), natural resource management, ecosystem conservation and restoration, sustainable procurement and corporate stewardship, communications and public awareness, environmental education, policy and legislation development, international negotiations, and research and development of environmental technologies.

Membership

Graduates can apply to become Associate Member of the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) while they acquire relevant work experience. Graduates can apply for Full Membership in EIANZ after they have acquired two years of professional experience in one or more functional areas of environmental practice.

Program structure

For students commencing 2016.

Introductory courses (5)

COR109 Workplace Learning II
ENS103 Communication and Thought
ENS120 Earth's Surface Processes, Materials and Soils
SCI102 Introduction to Environmental Management
SCI110 Biodiversity and Ecology

Advanced courses (11)

ENS221 Science Research Methods
ENS222 Plant Diversity and Ecology
ENS223 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ENS253 Environmental Management Systems and Processes
ENS300 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
ENS351 Environmental and Resource Economics
GEO310 Integrated Environmental Management
SUS201 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
SUS202 Measuring Sustainability

Plus one (1) of the following courses:
ENP211 Communicating Sustainability
LGL301 Planning and Environmental Law

Plus one (1) of the following courses:
SRP301 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
WPL310 Special Research Project

Elective courses (8)

Select 8 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).

Environmental management students are encouraged to allocate four of their elective courses to complete one of the following recommended minors in order to enhance their discipline based knowledge:

Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 288

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements

In order to graduate you must:

  • Complete no more than 10 introductory courses including core courses.
  • Complete a minimum of 14 advanced (200/300 level)
Program notes
  • Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
  • Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa.
  • As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
  • When enrolling, please refer to the Study Plan.