Honours Overview
- Description
An Honours in Environmental Science will prepare you with advanced training in areas of land and water management, climate science, biogeochemical processes, ecology and soil science related to natural and disturbed environments, enabling you to successfully complete a research project. The project consists usually of field work and will often be associated with industry partners. You will learn how to manage your time, interact with scientists and stakeholders and be trained to communicate with confidence in both written and oral form. Employment opportunities will include taking on management roles within companies overseeing environmental compliance, being part of investigative teams assessing environmental impacts, often within consulting companies, working within government agencies and departments managing natural, agricultural and urban environments, and being involved in regulating users of land and water resources.
- Outcomes
Students are able to (1) undertake independent research design, data collection and data analysis; (2) communicate ideas, concepts and research findings in a succinct and effective manner via written, verbal and visual methods; and (3) work independently, think and act laterally and use their initiative to resolve issues and problems encountered during the research process.
- Entry requirements
The equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Environmental Science major.
- Intake periods
Beginning of year and mid-year
- Courses
Honours in Environmental Science can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:
No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
Take all units (30 points):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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| S1, S2 | SCIE4402 | Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences |
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| S1, S2 | SCIE5571 | Dissertation Part 1 |
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| S1, S2 | SCIE5572 | Dissertation Part 2 |
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| S1, S2 | SCIE5573 | Dissertation Part 3 |
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| S1, S2 | SCIE5574 | Dissertation Part 4 |
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Take unit(s) to the value of 18 points (at least one of which is Level 4):
| Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | ECON5511 | Climate, Energy and Water Economics | |
| S1 | ENVT4401 | Advanced Land Use and Management |
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| N/A | ENVT4402 | Analysis for Environmental Management |
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| S2 | ENVT4406 | Using Drones for Catchment and Environmental Management |
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| S1, S2 | ENVT4411 | Geographic Information Systems Applications |
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| S1 | ENVT4421 | Fundamentals of Environmental Management |
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| S1, S2 | ENVT4422 | Research Methods in Agricultural and Environmental Science |
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| S2 | ENVT5503 | Remediation of Soils and Groundwater |
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| S1 | ENVT5512 | Ecosystem Biogeochemistry |
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| S2 | ENVT5515 | Environmental Management in Mining |
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| S2 | ENVT5517 | Ecological Rehabilitation | None |
| S1 | ENVT5563 | GIS and Spatial Analysis: Waterway Restoration |
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| S1 | ENVT5564 | GIS and Spatial Analysis: Contaminated Sites |
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| S2 | ENVT5566 | Advanced Spatial and Environmental Modelling |
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| S2 | ENVT5576 | Aquatic Ecology |
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| NS | GEOS4413 | Climate Geoscience |
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| N/A | PLNG5511 | Climate Change Policy and Planning | None |