Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences
Advances in technology and science are transforming our world at an incredible pace. Join us and tackle global, regional and local issues from food security to restoring and maintaining balance in our natural environment. With a UWA postgraduate degree, you can learn from reputable thought leaders and build strong, lifelong connections.
Live sessions
Tuesday sessions:
Master of Ocean Leadership Information Session
Hear all about our new degree from Dr Marco Ghisalberti and ask any questions you may have about studying the Master of Ocean Leadership.
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September
- Time
- 5.00pm – 5.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Marco Ghisalberti
Agricultural Science
Find out more about the Master of Agricultural Science. Enhance your knowledge and skills for a future in the rapidly evolving field of agricultural science with a specialisation in either Agricultural Economics, Crop and Livestock Farming Systems, Genetics and Breeding, or Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September
- Time
- 5.00pm – 5.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Assoc/ Prof Megan Ryan
Environmental Science
Find out more about the Master of Environmental Science. This course will teach you an interdisciplinary approach to Environmental Science with a specialisation in one of Environmental Management, Marine and Coastal, Catchments and Water, Environmental Rehabilitation, Sensing and Environmental Data, or Environmental Economics.
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September
- Time
- 5.30pm – 5.50pm
- Speaker(s)
- Assoc/ Prof Matt Hipsey
Learn with Oceans Institute: online micro-credentials
The Oceans Institute (OI) at UWA is a world-leading, multidisciplinary marine research centre on the coast of the vast Indian Ocean.
Are you interested in understanding more about the problem of marine pollution and potential solutions? Considering a career in coastal management? Or perhaps you are passionate about ensuring underwater ecosystems remain healthy? Take a course with OI and earn Professional Development Points (PD Points) that can convert into academic credit when commencing undergraduate or postgraduate courses at UWA.
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September
- Time
- 5.30pm – 5.50pm
- Speaker(s)
- Robert Pemberton
Biotechnology
Find out more about the Master of Biotechnology. In this course you can specialise in either AQUAtech, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Environmental and Agricultural Biotechnology, or Genetics and Genomics.
- Date
- Tuesday 15 September
- Time
- 6.00pm – 6.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Sasha Jenkins
- Dr Nic Taylor
Wednesday sessions:
Biological Science
Find out more about the Master of Biological Science. This course allows you to specialise in Conservation Biology, Marine Biology or Zoology in one of the world's most fascinating biodiversity hotspots.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 5.00pm – 5.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Jason Kennington
Geoscience
Find out more about the Master of Geoscience. In this course you'll gain knowledge of past and present earth processes which is fundamental to predicting future environmental change.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 6.00pm – 6.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Alan Aitken
- Assoc/ Prof Annette George
Hydrogeology
Enhance your skills and knowledge in geoscience by completing the Master of Hydrogeology. Knowledge of past and present hydrogeological processes is fundamental to predicting future changes, particularly in the area of climate and environmental change.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 6.30pm – 6.50pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Sarah Bourke
Science Communication
Find out more about the Master of Science Communication. If you are creative, love science and want to work with people, Science Communication is for you. Science communicators use their knowledge of science to help raise the level of understanding about important issues in science - bridging the gap between the scientific community and the public.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 7.00pm – 7.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Dr Sam Illingworth
- Weilin Chi – Student
- Shanii Phillips – Graduate
Life as a UWA Research Student (Agricultural, Environmental and Biological Sciences)
Learn about our research experience in the field of environmental, what you can expect as a research student at UWA and how UWA helps students get the results.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 7.00pm – 7.20pm
- Speaker(s)
- Nooshin Shahbazi
Life as a UWA Research Student (Molecular Sciences)
Research experience in the field of molecular sciences and some of the extra opportunities available to you for personal development.
- Date
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time
- 7.30pm – 7.50pm
- Speaker(s)
- Peter Watson, Rahul MS, Max Davidson
Drop-in sessions
Agricultural Science
Join Associate Professor Megan Ryan for an informal drop in session in which you can ask her anything around the Master of Agricultural Science and its specialisations.
- Date:
- Tuesday, 15 September
- Time:
- 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Ocean Leadership
Join Dr Marco Ghisalberti, in a session in which you can ask anything around the Master of Ocean Leadership at UWA, studying in ocean related areas and the research opportunities available at UWA.
- Date:
- Wednesday 16 September
- Time:
- 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Science Communication
Join Dr Sam Illingworth, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, for an informal drop-in session in which you can ask him anything about the Master of Science Communication at UWA.
- Date:
- Wednesday, 16 September
- Time:
- 6pm - 7pm