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Restoration Ecology (Albany)

It will go beyond asking the question ‘How did we get into this hole?’ to ask: ‘How do we get out of it?’

The degree encompasses the restoration and rehabilitation of both land and water ecosystems and examines the environmental, social, economic and political factors that shape restoration and rehabilitation problems and their solutions.

A unique feature of the program is its location in Albany on the south coast of Western Australia (approximately 400km from Perth), which provides a range of environments for field-based studies as well as opportunities for project placements with local agencies and community groups.

Level 1
You will study units in Earth and Environmental Science; Core Concepts in Biology; Plant and Animal Biology; Restoration Ecology, plus electives such as Anthropology or Statistics. Depending on your TEE subjects, you may also need to study Chemistry and Mathematics.

Level 2
In Level 2 you will study the units Biodiversity and Habitats; Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy and Law; Ecology; Conservation Biology; Ecology; Geographic Information Systems; and Statistics.

Level 3
Level 3 studies will involve units in Waterway Restoration and Conservation; Restoration Ecology Case Study; Environmental Targets and Monitoring;  Degradation Processes;  Saving Endangered Species; Community Natural Resource Management; and Environmental and Resource Economics.

If you are interested in finding out which subjects you will study then have a look at the Course Outline. This will show you the core units and the options for the course, along with course rules.

You will notice that each unit has a unit code, for example BIOL1130. The first number in the unit code indicates the level of the unit - in this case level one. For a more detailed description of a particular unit, click on the unit code.

Career opportunities

A Bachelor of Science in Restoration Ecology provides access to a variety of careers in a growing field with government agencies including the departments of Environment and Conservation, Water, Fisheries, Agriculture and Food, and the CSIRO; natural resource management and landcare groups; mining industry and private consultancy groups as well as university research and teaching in this exciting, emerging area of science.