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Bachelor Environmental Science (Pass and Honours)

BEnvSc

240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Sydney (North Sydney), NSW

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

  1. 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 120 cp from Environmental Science Units;
    2. 120 cp from Science Units;
  2. required Volunteer Experience22;
  3. Field Experience23.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units, consisting of:

  1. 60 cp from Core Units; and
  2. 20 cp from Electives.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Environmental Science Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI100 10 Environmental Issues
ENVI201 10 The Australian Environment: Values and Ethics
ENVI202 10 Environmental Legislation and Planning
ENVI204 10 Soils and Water (Pre: ERTH100 Earth Science)
ENVI206 10  Environmental Impact Assessment
ENVI300 10 Applied Studies 1: Occupational Health and Safety
ENVI301 10 Applied Studies 2: Environmental Management (Pre: ENVI300 Applied Studies 1: Occupational Health and Safety)
ENVI303 10 Geographic Information Systems (Pre: INFO201 Environmental Data Analysis)
ENVI305 10 Water and Waste Management (Pre: ENVI204 Soils and Water)
ERTH100 10 Earth Science
INFO102 10 Introduction to Data Analysis
INFO201 10 Environmental Data Analysis (Pre: INFO102 Introduction to Data Analysis)

Science Units

Biology

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIOL101 10 Fundamentals of Biology
BIOL304 10 Ecotoxicology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology and CHEM201 Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry)
BIOL328 10 Microbiology and Biotechnology (Pre: BIOL101 Fundamentals of Biology and CHEM201 Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Ecology

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIOL102 10 Principles of Ecology (Pre: BIOL101 Fundamentals of Biology)
BIOL227 10 Vegetation Ecology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology and INFO201 Environmental Data Analysis)
BIOL324 10 Animal Ecology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology and INFO201 Environmental Data Analysis)
BIOL327 10 Marine Coastal Ecology (Pre: BIOL102 Principles of Ecology)

Chemistry

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
CHEM100 10 Fundamentals of Chemistry
CHEM102 10 Physical Chemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)
CHEM201 10 Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)
CHEM203 10 Environmental Chemistry (Pre: CHEM100 Fundamentals of Chemistry)

Physics

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
PHYS105 10 Environmental Physics

Volunteer Experience

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI205 0 Volunteer Experience

Field Experience

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI308 0 Field Experience

Schedule of Honours Units

Core Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
SCIO400 10 Research Methods

a.

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI400 20 Honours Thesis A (Full-time)
ENVI406 30 Honours Thesis B (Full-time)

or

b.

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI401 10 Honours Thesis A (Part-time)
ENVI407 10 Honours Thesis B (Part-time)
ENVI408 10 Honours Thesis C (Part-time)
ENVI409  20 Honours Thesis D (Part-time)

Electives

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ENVI403 10 Advanced Coursework Unit 1
ENVI404 10 Advanced Coursework Unit 2
ENVI405 10 Advanced Field Experience

22 Volunteer Experience is normally completed by the end of Year 2.
23 Field Experience is normally completed by the end of Year 3.