Fast Facts
Location
Commencing
- Townsville: February, July
- Cairns: February, July
Fees
$34,960.00+
+estimated annual tuition fee for a full-time study load
Plus Student Services and Amenities fee
Scholarships and financial aid available if eligible
Duration
3 years full-time
Entry Requirements
Assumed Knowledge
English (Units 3/4,C), Maths Methods (Units 3/4,C)
Recommended Knowledge
At least one of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Geography, Marine Science, Specialist Maths or Physics (Units 3/4, C)
English language requirements
Band 1
If your native language is not English, you must meet the minimum English language requirements for this course.
CRICOS Code
108976B
Course detail
Benefit from JCU’s world-class research* in environmental science and management and learn how the biological, physical, social, economic and political spheres interact and impact on our environment.
JCU’s Environmental Science and Management students develop an understanding of how to manage the interactions between people and the environment to find solutions to complex environmental problems. In your final year, build connections through a professional placement and work experience.
About JCU's Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management
We only have one Earth. Positive climate action and systemic change can be influenced by individuals encouraging corporations to have a positive impact on the environment. Work alongside professionals who are solving the most pressing environmental issues of our day – study a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management from James Cook University.
Environmental Management Courses That Will Get You Ready Today for Tomorrow
Join JCU’s world-class researches and learn from the experts. Many consumers have lived as if social concerns, economic issues, corporate needs, and the environment were not inter-connected. With the result being global environmental issues like climate change, studying a Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management will prepare you to be part of the solution.
Lead the way in bringing urban design, corporate action, and government policy in line with best practices in resource management and biodiversity with the skills you learn from JCU’s Bachelor of Science and Management. Access unrivalled natural environments such as the Australian Outback, World Heritage Great Barrier Reef or the Wet Tropic’s Daintree Rainforest.
Like a Bachelor in Environmental Science, this degree will prepare you to meet the environmental challenges you are passionate about. Understand the positive and negative impacts of development alongside the ecosystems of coastal regions. Learn how to combine profitable business practices with sustainable environmental policies, and how urban landscapes can become more sustainable for everyone.
An Environmental Management Degree That Will Put You in High Demand
You can make a difference in the corporate world, in public policy decisions, in water preservation, or even in remediation activities. Whether you want to design new sustainable urban environments or help a corporation navigate environmental law, be in high demand with your environmental science degree.
Through your environmental management courses, develop your understanding of how to manage the interaction of people and the environment. Gain practical skills in solving pressing sustainability issues that will contribute to your employability.
With an environmental science degree from JCU, you are learning from expert lecturers who integrate their world-class research into the classroom*.
Choose the area of study that best suits your values and interests. Consider corporate environmental management, land and water management, urban environments, or biodiversity design and management. Whichever area you specialise in, you will be actively contributing to research that makes a difference.
Our Environmental Degrees Are Committed to Student Success
Your world-class education begins here, experience small class sizes and learn from world-class experts in their field. Your lecturers will help you explore the theory being taught and show you how to develop strategic partnerships and community engagement.
Experience has no substitute. JCU offers frequent professional placements and work experience opportunities in real-world environments. Throughout your placements you will gain the opportunity to build global professional networks and connections to last a lifetime.
Develop skills in retrieving and analysing information from your work in the field and complete laboratory and field experiments. You will graduate from your environmental management courses with the tools needed to apply your knowledge to the issues facing our world.
Enrol in JCU's Environmental Science Degree and Forge a Future
Design your own future with your environmental management degree from JCU. Once you graduate, you are prepared for a variety of employment options. You will be ready to manage corporate relations with stakeholders or work in business compliance. Prepare budgets and reports that help corporations meet financial targets in a sustainable manner.
Or work in the field conducting historical research or site assessments prior to developing regulatory recommendations. Build on your passion for a sustainable future for our cities, and manage fresh water supplies or design urban green spaces. Or work in management on various environmental projects.
Whatever you choose to do in environmental science and management, the future is yours. Our world needs your skills, and the environmental degrees at JCU will prepare you to make a difference.
*Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2018
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This unique course offers the opportunity to specialise in one or two of the following three majors:
Biodiversity Assessment and Management
Gain the skills to enable you to assess and manage aquatic and terrestrial species. Learn the essential concepts of biodiversity, biological processes, and ecology.
Students will apply these concepts in upper level specialised classes. Modern field methods are used during field-based subjects in World-Heritage listed coastal, coral reef, and rainforest environments.
Environmental Practice
Combine socio-economics with environmental skills to tackle key global sustainability challenges in the environmental and socio-political context. Understand how people are at the core of environmental problems — and solutions.
Students learn key concepts in environmental economics and policy, human dimensions of environmental management, sustainability and planning.
Land and Water Management
Learn about physical geosciences, environmental processes and impacts on land, wetlands, river catchments, and coasts. You will develop your knowledge of how the Earth functions as a dynamically interactive system.
With tutelage from expert lecturers, students master the fundamentals of hydrology, soil science, geomorphic patterns and processes, and natural hazards. Benefit from field-based studies accessing unrivalled geographical and climatically diverse landscapes, including the Great Barrier Reef catchments.
Inherent Requirements
Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment,and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please review the inherent requirements for the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management.
*Excellence in Research Awards 2018
Develop the skills you need to address the great sustainability challenges of our lifetime with a JCU Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management.
Your career options include roles within organisations that manage social and environmental issues, including government departments, mining and construction companies or environmental consultancies. Alternatively, you may want to work in renewable energy industries, tourism businesses, local governments or non-government organisations (NGOs).
Depending on your choice of major (or majors), you could perform roles such as environmental manager, sustainability adviser, project manager, or urban environments and landscape designer.
Handbook year | Information valid for students commencing in 2023 |
Course code | 121310 |
Course type | Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) |
Professional accreditation status | This course is not accredited however graduates will be eligible to seek certification with the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand https://www.eianz.org/resources/certification. |
Owner | Academy |
College | Science and Engineering |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Pre-requisites | Assumed Knowledge: English (Units 3/4,C); Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4,C); or equivalent Recommended Study: At least one of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Geography, Marine Science, Specialist Maths or Physics (Units 3/4,C); or equivalent |
Minimum English language proficiency requirements | Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy. |
Additional course | SC1102: Modelling Natural Systems is a core part of this degree. Students who do not have Mathematical Methods (Units 3/4, C) or equivalent, must also select MA1020: Preparatory Mathematics as part of their study plan. These students will be unable to select a double major. MA1020 is available on both campuses in full-semester and intensive mode. The intensive mode option typically starts earlier than the standard course commencement date. Contact JCU on 1800 246 446 for more information. |
Post admission | Students may be required to attend intensive mode classes at a campus other than that at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. This course involves mandatory field work and any costs associated with the field work will be at the student’s expense. |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 72 credit points as per course structure |
Additional course rules | Study plan may only include a maximum of 30 credit points of Level 1 subjects and a minimum of 18 credit points must be taken at Level 3. |
Course learning outcomes | Graduates of the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management at James Cook University will be able to:
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Inherent Requirements
Inherent Requirements | Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University's learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please visit: Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management. |
Reasonable adjustments | All JCU students have the opportunity to demonstrate, with reasonable adjustments where applicable, the inherent requirements for their course. For more information please visit: Student Disability Policy and Procedure. |
Course Structure
CORE SUBJECTS
Level 1
SC1101:03 Science, Technology and Truth
SC1102:03 Modelling Natural Systems
Level 2
EV2502:03 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
LA2902:03 Environmental Law and Policy
SC2202:03 Quantitative Methods in Science (mandatory for students undertaking the Biodiversity Assessment and Management major) or SC3008:03 Professional Placement
Level 3
EV3020:03 Human Dimensions
EV3110:03 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
IA3030:03 Navigating the Cultural Interface
PLUS
Select a major from Table A
PLUS
Select one of the following options
Option 1 (Second Major)
Select a second major from Table A
or
Option 2 (Electives)
Select 9 credit points of any Level 2, 3 or 5 Science subjects
PLUS
Select 3 credit points of any Level 3 or Level 5 Science subject
PLUS
Select 12 credit points of any* Level 1, 2, 3 or 5 subjects
*Students who have not completed high school Mathematical Methods or equivalent must undertake MA1020:03 Preparatory Mathematics
Lists of subject combinations grouped according to career aspirations can be accessed here.
TABLE A (Majors)
Credit points in major | 24 credit points |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
JCU Cairns JCU Townsville | Students at JCU Townsville will be required to attend some intensive mode classes at the JCU Cairns campus at their own expense. | |
JCU Cairns JCU Townsville | ||
JCU Cairns JCU Townsville | Students at JCU Townsville will be required to attend some intensive mode classes at the JCU Cairns campus at their own expense. |
Location
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
JCU Cairns | |
JCU Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 9 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 3 years Please refer to the Coursework Enrolment Procedure |
Progression
Course progression | Must complete 18 credit points of Level 1 or 2 subjects before attempting any Level 3 subject. |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Course includes mandatory fieldwork | Yes, this course includes compulsory fieldwork |
Special assessment | Nil |
Professional accreditation | Nil |
Supplementary exam for | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for credit for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure |
Maximum allowed | 48 credit points |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the 10 years prior to the commencement of this course |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 19 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course. |
Other restrictions | A maximum of 6 credit points of credit may be granted at level 3. |
Award Details
Award title | BACHELOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT |
Approved abbreviation | BEnvScMgt |
Inclusion of majors on | Majors will appear on the testamur |
Exit with lesser award | Students who have completed 24 credit points of their course award requirements, and withdraw from or fail to meet the requirements for progression in the later years, may be eligible for the award of Diploma of Tertiary Studies. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |
Special awards | Students may receive an Award of Recognition in accordance with the Recognition of Academic Excellence Procedure |
Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD34,960.00
Courses are charged per year of full-time study. International course fees are reviewed annually and subject to change.
A Student Services and Amenities Fee is payable per subject up to a maximum amount per year.
Student Visa holders must have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the duration of their Student Visa (except Norwegian, Swedish and Belgian citizens). Costs depend on the length of study and the number of dependants accompanying the student. For more information see Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
Scholarships and financial aid are also available for international students.
Application dates vary between courses, whether they're delivered in semester, trimester or carousel study modes. View our Application due dates page for more information.
Gather the documents you need to apply and submit an application via JCU's online application portal.
Real stories
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Student
Clancy Walker-Fitzgerald
Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management
This degree is the perfect steppingstone for those passionate to make a real-world difference regarding environmental management and climate change. The interdisciplinary skills I have gained throughout my degree have allowed me to confidently approach challenges.
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Alumni
Ben McDonald
Bachelor of Environmental Practice, now Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management
If you have a passion for change, this degree gives you the opportunity to address some of the issues and to help people understand their impact and how to improve their approach to sustainability.
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Lecturer
Dr Jane Addison
Senior Lecturer
This degree gives students the tools they need to create impact. Learn how the biological, physical, social, economic and political spheres interrelate and how to manage interactions between people and the environment.