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Environmental Studies
 Environmental Studies

Description

Environmental Studies is concerned with the historical, theoretical, and policy implications of the human construction and transformation of the environment. There is a focus on contemporary environmental concerns, including how and why these concerns have risen to the forefront of current policy agendas, how social, economic and technological systems mediate our interaction with the environment, how these systems vary across the world and evolve with time and the ways in which environmental decisions are made and controversies resolved.

Today's society is faced with a vast number of environmental dilemmas - such as air pollution, depletion of the ozone layer, the serious risks to river health that come from intense human use of water resources, the large amounts of waste that industrial society creates, and threats to local and global biodiversity. A program of study in Environmental Studies at UNSW takes an interdisciplinary focus, offering geographical, legal, economic, ethical, historical and political perspectives for understanding the environment.

Environmental Studies opens up diverse career opportunities, from research and journalism to policy-making in government agencies to industry management or community consultancy and dispute resolution. It also helps to develop valuable generic skills that will be useful in any professional setting.

Studying Environmental Studies at UNSW

At the present time, teaching and research in Environmental Studies is spread between a number of Schools in the Faculty of Arts and the Facuty of Science.
Environmental Studies is offered by the School of History and Philosophy (http://hist-phil.arts.unsw.edu.au/) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science.
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (www.bees.unsw.edu.au) provides a focus for environmental teaching and is the principal contributor at the undergraduate level and a major contributor to postgraduate programs.
The Institute of Environmental Studies has responsibility for the successful Master in Environmental Management program.

Please refer to the table below which outlines the options available for a specialisation in Environmental Studies.



Biology can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSA13988
   

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Chemistry can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSR13932
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSR13988
   

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Cognitive Science can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3400 Arts Major HPSCB13400
3722 Computer Engineering/Arts Major HPSCB13722
3930 Science/Arts Major HPSCB13930
3931 Advanced Science/Arts Major HPSCB13931
3968 Computer Science / Arts Major HPSCB13968
3970 Science Minor HPSCB23970
   

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Earth Science can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSF13932
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSF13988
   

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Env Sc (Biology) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Honours ENVSAH3932
   

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Env Sc (Chemistry) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Honours ENVSRH3988
   

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Env Sc (Geography) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSE13932
   

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Env Sc (Marine) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSB13932
   

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Env Sc (Microbiology) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSC13932
   

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Env Sc Oceanography can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSG13932
   

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Environmental Sc (Biology) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVSA13932
   

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Environmental Science (Geog) can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
4770 Science / Law Major ENVSA14770
   

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Environmental Studies can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3400 Arts Major
Combined Honours
ENVPA13400
ENVPAC3400
3402 Media and Communications Major ENVPA13402
3420 Social Science Major ENVPA13420
3427 Music/Arts Major ENVPA13427
3525 Commerce/Arts Major ENVPA13525
3526 Economics/Arts Major ENVPA13526
3527 Commerce/Social Science Major ENVPA13527
3528 Economics/Social Science Major ENVPA13528
3930 Science/Arts Major ENVPA13930
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major ENVPA13932
3970 Science Minor ENVPA23970
4035 Social Work/Arts Major ENVPA14035
4760 Arts / Law Major ENVPA14760
4806 Art Theory/Arts Major ENVPA14806
4807 Art Theory/Social Science Major ENVPA14807
4812 Fine Arts/Arts Major ENVPA14812
   

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Geography can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSE13988
   

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Hist & Philosophy of Science can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3262 Architecture/Arts Major HPSCA13262
3400 Arts Major
Combined Honours
Honours
HPSCA13400
HPSCAC3400
HPSCAH3400
3402 Media and Communications Major HPSCA13402
3420 Social Science Major
Honours
HPSCA13420
HPSCAH3420
3427 Music/Arts Major HPSCA13427
3525 Commerce/Arts Major HPSCA13525
3526 Economics/Arts Major HPSCA13526
3527 Commerce/Social Science Major HPSCA13527
3528 Economics/Social Science Major HPSCA13528
3621 Civil Engineering/Arts Major HPSCA13621
3656 PV and Solar Energy/Arts Major HPSCA13656
3712 Mechanical & Manf Eng/Arts Major HPSCA13712
3840 Arts/Medicine Major HPSCA13840
3930 Science/Arts Major
Combined Honours
Honours
HPSCA13930
HPSCAC3930
HPSCAH3930
3931 Advanced Science/Arts Major HPSCA13931
3932 Environmental Science/Arts Major
Major
Honours
HPSCA13932
HPSCA23932
HPSCAH3932
3968 Computer Science / Arts Major HPSCA13968
3970 Science Major
Minor
HPSCA13970
HPSCA23970
4035 Social Work/Arts Major HPSCA14035
4760 Arts / Law Major
Honours
HPSCA14760
HPSCAH4760
4761 Social Science / Law Major HPSCA14761
4770 Science / Law Honours HPSCAH4770
4806 Art Theory/Arts Major HPSCA14806
4807 Art Theory/Social Science Major HPSCA14807
4812 Fine Arts/Arts Major HPSCA14812
   

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Marine Biology can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSB13988
   

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Microbiology can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSC13988
   

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Oceanography can be studied in the following Programs 

Program Code & Name At the Level of Plan
3988 Environmental Science Specialisation ENVSG13988
   

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