Undergraduate
Environmental Management
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The University of Western Australia(M355) 35 Stirling Highway Perth Western Australia 6009
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Careers and further study
This major opens up a world of future study pathways and career options.
Career Pathways
Students graduating with a Major in Environmental Management are equipped for careers in environmental economics and environmental policy analysis or a pathway to postgraduate study. Students will position themselves well in the job market by gaining fundamental scientific, environmental economics and social science skills as well as being trained in networking, team work, leadership and communication of complex issues essential for future leaders.
Careers include:
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Economists
- Conservation Planners
- Environmental Policy Analysts
Career Opportunities
Conservation Officer
Environmental Consultant
Environmental Manager
Environmental Scientist
Master of Environmental Science
Fees and scholarships
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Admission requirements
The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers, mature-age applicants and those with previous tertiary study. If you’re interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.
Minimum entry requirements
- 80
Admission requirements
Mathematics requirement
This major requires a certain level of Mathematics. If you do not meet this level, you may be able to take additional Mathematics units in your first year to satisfy this requirement.
WACE prerequisite: Mathematics Methods ATAR
English competency
How to apply
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Course details
About the course
Quick details
- Available 2021
- Perth (Crawley campus)
- Albany (Regional campus)
- Full-time
- Part-time
- On-campus
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Undergraduate
- MJD-ENVMT
- 3 years (BSc), 4 years (BSc[Hons])
Why study this course
- UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy is a recognised centre of excellence for the impact of its environmental policy analysis
- UWA is 1st in Australia and 19th in the world for Environmental Science and Engineering (ARWU 2019)
- You’ll learn to help society resolve conflicts caused by the increasing demands of growing populations on the environment and natural resources, including problems like climate change and biodiversity loss
You'll learn to
- integrate science, economics and social science to guide decision making with respect to human intervention in the environment
- demonstrate the knowledge to manage and rehabilitate environmental systems
- analyse environmental policies from an economic and social science perspective
- apply economic principles to environmental management decisions
Course Structure
Our undergraduate degrees offer you a broad range of options allowing you to combine subjects in a way that matches your career goals and personal interests.
Popular combinations
Jia Nee Lai
Jia Nee Lai
I’ve enjoyed going on field trips, such as doing land and environmental assessments. That really helps us build up our practical experience, which will definitely be useful when we work in the industry. Having access to so many resources – not only library resources like articles, textbooks and so on, but also facilities such as lab equipment, soil samples and access to UWA farms – is also enormously helpful.
Richard McLellan
Richard McLellan
Richard McLellan
CEO at NACC (Northern Agricultural Catchments Council)
I have had the most amazing life and working career since I left UWA, and while a large part of that is due to having “that piece of paper” – my UWA BSc degree – I’d also rank highly the inspiration and confidence that I got from my fellow students and lecturers. There’s never been anything, ever since, that I thought I couldn’t do.
That confidence has manifest in my working career, encouraging me to take advantage of a myriad of opportunities that have come my way – particularly since I joined WWF, the global conservation organisation, in 2000. Since then I’ve worked in Australia, Cambodia and Switzerland and, at one time, managed staff in 30 countries when I was the Director of the Global Forest and Trade Network. I got to see a lot of the planet during that time … and the trouble it’s in.
My passion is environmental conservation. I pretty much live and breathe it, and try to live by the conservation mantra of “think global, act local”.
Over the years I’ve been fortunate to work in a variety of fields, but it is my years in conservation that have given me the most satisfaction. Working for a global conservation organisation was a constant source of inspiration in itself, providing daily opportunities to work with passionate and committed environmentalists – from field staff to farmers, foresters to astronauts. (The astronaut was Andre Kuipers – with whom I conducted the first-ever book launch from space: the 2012 edition of the Living Planet Report, from the International Space Station, in collaboration with the European Space Agency and NASA).
Now back in Australia, I work a bit closer to Earth, catalysing community-based natural resource management in mid-west WA to achieve conservation and sustainable development outcomes.
Read more about Richard's story here.
Work Integrated Learning
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) helps bridge the gap between theory and practice by providing opportunities for students to gain hands-on, practical industry relevant experience and for employers to help shape the graduates of tomorrow.
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