Bachelor of Environmental Management (BEnvMan) Study Planner

What will I study?

Environmental Management is the integration of economics and ecology to utilise and conserve natural systems, and includes any measures taken for the protection, conservation and preservation of the environment, heritage and natural resources.

By studying this degree you will be equipping yourself with the scientific, technical, financial, social and managerial information necessary to analyse problems and produce innovative environmental management solutions.

The Bachelor of Environmental Management offers students the multidisciplinary training that is needed to effectively address environmental issues in today’s society. It equips graduates to deal with the types of problems they will face in the workplace. Extended field trips and the 16 week industrial placement semester provide students with an opportunity to gain real experience in the workplace and complete a significant piece of work in their chosen area of specialisation.

Program Structure

A student is required to obtain #64 including all compulsory courses for their chosen field of study. Honours is available as part of the standard program. To undertake a Research Thesis in 4th year, a student will need to achieve a GPA of 5.5 over all year 1-3 courses.

See the Course list for courses that can be studied as part of this program.

Further information about the BEnvMan rules and requirements.

How do I use the study plans?

Select the study plan for your field of study - Natural Systems & Wildlife or Sustainable Development.
Enrol in all compulsory courses for your field.
Select and enrol in electives from the Part A elective list for your field.
Learn about the structure of the BEnvMan.

Course List

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Natural Systems & Wildlife

Learn to use scientific, social, economic and managerial information in natural systems and wildlife conservation and management. This plan combines fundamental biological studies with multidisciplinary skills in environmental management, decision making, problem solving and policy analysis. The final year develops the ability to manage complex problems including human interactions, that threaten the survival of natural systems.

Year 1	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	AGRC1015 Knowledge Mgt. in Nat & Agri BIOL1030 Biodiversity & Our Environment ENVM1501 Intro to Environmental Mgmt GEOS1100 Environment & Society	–
Sem 2	BIOL2001 Australia's Terrestrial Enviro ENVM1512 Ecological Economics GEOM1000 Geog Inform & Analysis	Please select #2 from the Natural Systems & Wildlife Field of Study electives list.

Year 2	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	BIOL2010 Ecology LAND2003 The Soil Environment STAT2701 Biometrics I	Please select #2 from the Natural Systems & Wildlife Field of Study electives list.
Sem 2	AGRC2014 Problem Solving in Nat & Agri BIOL3000 Conservation & Wildlife Biol ENVM2503 Environment & Community GEOM2002 Geographical Info Sys	–

Year 3	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	ENVM3103 Reg F/works for Envl Mmgt & ENVM3201 Catchment Processes & Mgt ENVM3526 Systems Thinking Syst Dynamics LPWM2008 Cultural Heritage Mgmt	–
Sem 2	ENVM3521 Industrial Placement (N&R Sys) LPWM3003 Trop. Nat. & Rural Sys. Tour	Please select #4 from the Natural Systems & Wildlife Field of Study electives list.

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development is a continuing focal area for environmental management and is projected to continue to grow in national and international importance. The underlying philosophy is to reduce the effects of industry and other activities on the environment and implement ways to reduce or eliminate existing and potential environmental concerns. This means designing and incorporating environmental solutions into better cities, industries, farms, mines and tourism etc. at the individual enterprise level through to state and national programs and policies. The field requires people able to create innovative and cost-effective projects to achieve sustainable development and to assist firms and governments to set and meet necessary environmental standards.

Year 1	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	BIOL1030 Biodiversity & Our Environment ENVM1501 Intro to Environmental Mgmt ERTH1000 Planet Earth: The Big Picture GEOS1100 Environment & Society	–
Sem 2	ENVM1512 Ecological Economics GEOG1000 Human Settlements GEOM1000 Geog Inform & Analysis MATH1040 Basic Mathematics¹	–

Year 2	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	ENVM2100 Sustainable Development 1 ENVM2200 Resource Man & Environ Pl STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data	GEOS2100 Environmental Systems
Sem 2	ENVM2101 Prin of Cleaner Production ENVM2503 Environment & Community	GEOM2002 Geographical Info Sys Plus #2 from the Sustainable Development Field of Study electives list.

Year 3	Compulsory Courses	Electives Courses
Sem 1	ARCH2120 Architectural Technology 2 ENVM3100 Sustainable Development 2 ENVM3103 Reg F/works for Envl Mmgt &	GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
Sem 2	AGRC2014 Problem Solving in Nat & Agri² ENVM3101 Field Excursion ENVM3102 Industrial Placement (#4)	–

1. MATH1040 is COMPULSORY if you have not completed Maths B in high school. If you have passed high school Maths B or equivalent then you are unable to enrol into MATH1040 and will need to choose an elective from Part A of the BEnvMan course list.
2. Students undertaking Industrial Placement outside of Brisbane can enrol in the external mode of AGRC2014.

Honours

Honours for the Bachelor of Environmental Management is available as part of the standard program in your final year. Completing honours provides an insight into the world of further academic study, often offering the opportunity to develop research skills and additional expertise in your chosen career area.

In the final year of the Natural Systems and Wildlife field, students work in small groups on a major case study applying their knowledge to real-world issues, and developing skills and personal attributes that are valued highly by employers. The case studies are developed with and conducted on behalf of an external client or ‘industry mentor’ who works with the students throughout the year. These clients are typical of government, community-based and industry bodies involved in your potential future fields of employment and many past students have gained employment with these or related bodies. Students undertaking the Honours also undertake an individual piece of research of publishable quality that allows them to develop skills in research and research publication.

The focus of the final year in the Sustainable Development field may include the preparation of an original and individual piece of research of publishable quality, a Research Thesis. This project provides students with an opportunity to investigate in greater depth, and develop their ideas and thinking about, an area of Sustainable Development which is of special interest to them. It allows students to develop their skills in field and literature research, critical thinking, report preparation and in written and oral presentation of their work.

Natural Systems and Wildlife
Program Coordinator – Associate Professor Marc Hockings

Associate Professor Hockings’s research interests are in protected area planning and management, conservation management, monitoring and evaluation and international and national environmental policy. He is Vice-Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas responsible for their program on Science and Management and Protected Areas.

His current research projects are in the areas of:

State of the Parks monitoring and evaluation
Global assessment of protected area management
Modelling protected area management needs
Management of World Heritage sites

Sustainable Development
Program Coordinator – Associate Professor David Neil

Dr David Neil’s research interests are in: Applied geomorphology, land degradation, biogeography, environmental studies, coastal processes and management.

His current research projects are in the areas of:

Catchment Processes and Land Use Impacts
Coastal Processes and Human Impacts
Marine Mammal – Human Interactions (Dolphin Provisioning)
Environmental History

Careers

Environmental managers consider the scientific, technical, economic, social and management aspects of the environment to produce strategies to manage environmental resources, and to maintain the usefulness of that environment for inhabitation by humans and other species. By studying this degree you will be equipping yourself with the scientific, technical, financial, social and managerial information necessary to analyse problems and produce innovative environmental management solutions.

Graduates of the Natural Systems and Wildlife field work in the broad field of environmental management with a focus on conservation of natural environments and wildlife. Graduates will find employment as environmental and natural resource planners, policy makers and managers, in landcare, mined land rehabilitation, environmental tourism, or as conservation or park managers in local and state government or in the growing private land conservation sector.

Graduates of the Sustainable Development field are required by business, government and commercial consultancies to conduct environmental monitoring, impact assessments, to develop appropriate strategies to reduce the effects of industry and other activities on the environment and to implement ways to reduce or eliminate existing and potential environmental concerns. Graduates in Sustainable Development are involved in designing and incorporating environmental solutions into better cities, industries, farms, mines and tourism from the individual enterprise level to state and national programs and policies.

Bachelor of Environmental Management (BEnvMan) Program Planner

Bachelor of Environmental Management (BEnvMan)