Future Students

Environmental Geoscience

What influence does the local geology play on our lives and activities?

Environmental geoscience is applied in a range of diverse situations, such as urban development, waste disposal, water quality management, engineering, soils and agriculture, mine sites, and assessing natural and artificial hazards. 

Level 1
In Level 1 you will follow a foundation package and study earth and environmental science and chemistry. You will choose units from Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Biology.

Level 2
At Level 2 you will begin to specialise in environmental geoscience, taking units such as Coastal Geomorphology and Sediments; Earth History Methods; Environmental Hydrology; Introduction to Geochemistry; Earth Materials; and Earth Surface Proceses and Soils. You will also take units toward a second major.

Level 3
You will study at least four units from the following: Environmental Change, Environmental Geomorphology of Coasts and Rivers; Case Studies in Land and Water Management, Field Methods for Earth Scientists, Basin Analysis; Land, Soil and Water Systems; and Marine Geology. Plus units toward your second major if you elect to do a double major.

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 EART1105. 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

Graduates are employed in government and private organisations responsible for management and land use of natural Earth resources, conservation and rehabilitation, and environmental science education. Some of our graduates are working in coastal and river systems management, groundwater management, and mineral exploration geochemistry. Many employers prefer students to complete a fourth (Honours) year of study.