Major details : UWA Handbook 2021 : The University of Western Australia

Environmental Science and Management major

Environmental Science assesses the impact of human activity on the global environment and develops scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable future. Environmental scientists deal with issues such as climate change, carbon trading, greenhouse gas emissions, water resource management, salinity, land degradation and rehabilitation, flora and fauna, habitat destruction, deforestation, energy and mineral depletion, air and water pollution, soil erosion, and groundwater contamination.
Using interdisciplinary and holistic approaches, students develop techniques in problem recognition and assessment followed by scientific modelling to achieve practical solutions to environmental problems. As a student of the Environmental Science and Management major students will be trained to apply scientific, economic and regulatory knowledge to help society resolve these conflicts.
The extended major in Environmental Science and Management will equip students for a career in Environmental Science or a pathway to postgraduate study. Students taking the extended major in Environmental Science and Management will position themselves well in the job market by gaining fundamental scientific skills as well as being trained in networking, team work, leadership and communication of complex issues essential for future leaders. The extended major further allows students the shortest possible pathway into all specialisations in Environmental Science Masters program at UWA excepting Marine and Coastal Processes.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) apply economic principles to evaluate environmental policy decisions
; (2) evaluate alternative policy instruments for managing the environment across local, regional, and global scales; (3) integrate models for environmental management using social science and environmental science principles; (4) characterise the main drivers of environmental change from a scientific, social, cultural, and economic perspective.; (5) demonstrate an understanding of the skills and knowledge to assess environmental systems, using field, laboratory, modelling and statistical methodologies; (6) integrate ecological, physical and chemical processes to guide decision making with respect to human intervention in the environment; (7) demonstrate ab understanding of the knowledge to manage and rehabilitate disturbed systems such as natural and agricultural catchments, post mining landscapes, contaminated sites, urban environments, etc; and (8) apply the knowledge and skills required for employment related to environmental science and management..

Broadening guidelines

All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office. If you are completing this major in a Combined Bachelor's masters Course, you have elected to pursue a highly specialised and in-depth program of study in your chosen field. While you are encouraged to use the free elective units available in your course to study in other disciplines offered at UWA, your formal requirement to broaden your course will be met through the Honours and Postgraduate units which form an integral part of your course.

Prerequisites

ATAR Mathematics Methods or equivalent or higher and ATAR Chemistry or equivalent or higher.

Environmental Science and Management can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

BP004 Bachelor of Science
BH005 Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)

Overview of unit sequence

Environmental Science and Management is a degree-specific double major comprising:

five Level 1 units
six Level 2 units
seven Level 3 units

Key to availability of units:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (30 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S2	BIOL1131	Plant and Animal Biology	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	ECON1120	Environmental Economics 1	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	ENVT1104	Environmental Science and Technology	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE1104	Science, Society and Data Analysis	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: ATAR Subject Mathematics Applications ATAR Or MATH1720 Mathematics Fundamentals (ID 5107) Incompatibility: Unit STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics (ID 397)
S1	SCOM1101	Communicating Science	Prerequisites: ATAR Mathematics Applications or WACE Mathematics 2C/2D or TEE Discrete Mathematics or equivalent or higher Co-requisites: MATH1720 Mathematics Fundamentals (only required if students haven't completed Maths Applications or WACE Mathematics 2C/2D or TEE Discrete Mathematics or equivalent or higher). Please note that there will be a delay in validating your enrollment in SCOM1101 after you have enrolled in MATH 1720. Incompatibility: Nil

Bridging units

Bridging units must be successfully completed within the first 48 points of study. Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Mathematics Methods ATAR or equivalent or higher are required to complete MATH1721. Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Mathematics Applications ATAR or equivalent or higher are required to complete MATH1720 and MATH1721. Students who have not achieved a scaled mark of at least 50 in Chemistry ATAR or equivalent or higher are required to complete CHEM1003.

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1, S2	CHEM1003	Introductory Chemistry	Prerequisites: Nil. Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: ATAR Chemistry or equivalent or higher
S1, S2	MATH1720	Mathematics Fundamentals	Prerequisites: Mathematics Applications ATAR (with a scaled score of less than 50) or with permission. Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Mathematics Applications ATAR (with a scaled score of 50 or greater) or equivalent or higher.
S1, S2	MATH1721	Mathematics Foundations: Methods	Prerequisites: Mathematics Applications ATAR or MATH1720 Mathematics Fundamentals or Mathematics Methods ATAR (with a scaled score of less than 50) or equivalent . Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: WACE Mathematics: Specialist 3A/3B; MATH1038 Calculus and its Applications; MATH1045 Intermediate Calculus; Mathematics Specialist ATAR; MATH1001 Mathematical Methods 1; MATH1002 Mathematical Methods 2; MATH1011 Multivariable Calculus; MATH1012 Mathematical Theory and Methods; or STAT1520 Economics and Business Statistics.

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (36 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1	ECON2224	Environmental Economics 2	Prerequisites: any Level 1 ECON unit Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil
S1	ENVT2220	The Climate System	Prerequisites: none; for pre-2012 courses: none Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1	ENVT2236	Soil Science	Prerequisites: EART1105 The Dynamic Planet or ENVT1104 Environmental Science and Technology or BIOL1131 Plant and Animal Biology and (SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis or STAT1400 Statistics for Science or STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics), and Chemistry ATAR or CHEM1003 Introductory Chemistry Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: EART2230 Soil Science Essentials or EART2222 Geomorphology and Soils
S2	ENVT2251	Hydrology and Water Resource Management	Prerequisites: EART1105 The Dynamic Planet or ENVT1104 Environmental Science and Technology or GEOG1103 Geographies of a Global City Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S1, S2	GEOG2201	Geographic Information Systems	Prerequisites: 36 points of prior study Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil
S2	SCIE2267	Quantitative Methods in Environmental Management	Prerequisites: SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis or STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics or STAT1400 Statistics for Science or any unit co-ordinator approved first year statistics unit Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (42 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	unit requirements
S1	ECON3323	Business and the Environment	Prerequisites: ECON2224 Environmental Economics 2 or ECON2105 Rise of the Global Economy or ECON2233 Microeconomics: Policy and Applications or ECON2234 Macroeconomics: Policy and Applications or ECON2245 Business Economics or PLNG2203 Environmental Policy and Planning or PLNG2201 Geographies of Economic Development Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: NIL
S1	ENVT3338	Land Capability Assessment	Prerequisites: ENVT2220 The Climate System or ENVT2236 Soil Science or EART2222 Geomorphology and Soils (formerly EART2222 Earth Surface Processes and Soils) or EART2231 Earth Materials or EART2234 Earth Processes or ENVT2251 Environmental Hydrology or ENVT2221 Global Climate Change and Biodiversity or ENVT2250 Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: EART3323 Land, Soil and Water Systems, EART8823 Land, Soil and Water Systems, EART3338 Land Capability Assessment
S2	ENVT3339	Land Rehabilitation	Prerequisites: 6 Points Unit ENVT2236 Soil Science (ID 5793) Or EART2231 Earth Materials (ID 1272) Or EART2234 Earth Processes (ID 1527) Or ENVT2251 Hydrology and Water Resource Management (ID 1279) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	ENVT3361	Environmental Assessment	Prerequisites: ENVT2236 Soil Science or ENVT2251 Hydrology and Water Resource Management or ENVT2221 Global Climate Change and Biodiversity or ENVT2250 Ecology Co-requisites: Chemistry ATAR or CHEM1003 Introductory Chemistry or equivalent or permission of the unit coordinator. Incompatibility: ENVT3336 Land, Soil and Water Research Project; ENVT8336 Land, Soil and Water Research Project
S2	ENVT3362	Environmental Dynamics	Prerequisites: ENVT2250 Ecology or ENVT2220 The Climate System or ENVT2251 Environmental Hydrology or SCIE2204 Marine Systems or EART2204 Coastal Processes or SCIE2267 Quantitative Methods in Environmental Management Co-requisites: Nil. Incompatibility: Nil.
S2	GEOG3301	Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing	Prerequisites: GEOG2201 Geographic Information Systems Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	GEOG3303	Environmental Policy and Planning	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 Points Course Enrolment MJD-CONBI Conservation Biology (ID 256) Or MJD-NRMGT Natural Resource Management (ID 1237) Or MJD-GGRPY Geographical Sciences (ID 1240) Or MJD-HGYPL Human Geography and Planning (ID 1550) Or MJD-WLCDM Wildlife Conservation (ID 4836) Or MJD-ENVDM Environmental Science and Management (ID 4842) Or MJD-ENVMT Environmental Management (ID 4847) Or MJD-ENGEO Environmental Geography and Planning (ID 4869) Or MNR-SAPEP Science and Policy: Environmental Planning (ID 59) Or MNR-SPCEU Science and Policy: Climate Change, Environmental Planning and Urban Environments (ID 60) Or MNR-ENVST Understanding the Environment (ID 73) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Unit PLNG2203 Environmental Policy and Planning (ID 1313)

Choosing your degree-specific major

General degrees

You must satisfy the requirements of a degree-specific major before you complete your course. The flexible structure of an undergraduate course allows you to try out a number of different subjects to see what interests you before nominating your degree-specific major. You have the choice to either nominate your degree-specific major when you first enrol in the course or delay nominating it until your second year.

To plan the first year of your study without nominating a degree-specific major, you are advised to choose units that will pave the way to two or more degree-specific majors that are of interest to you. For examples of the choice of units available in first year, search the first-year study plans .

To fully understand the structure of an undergraduate course, read the course structure information and the Undergraduate Degree Course Rules.

The following example illustrates how the Environmental Science and Management degree-specific major can be included in the Bachelor of Science course.

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There are more choices open to you. For more examples, search the study plans .

Specialised degrees – Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours), Bachelor of Automation and Robotics, Bachelor of Environmental Design, Bachelor of Music

You must satisfy the requirements of the degree-specific major in your degree before you complete your course.

Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics

This comprehensive degree does not allow you to choose a double major.