2010 International Undergraduate Prospectus nts. u.au

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11 different specialisations are
covered by the course that link
expertise in design, sustainability,
engineering, development, and
environmental management.
The course draws on the
expertise of academics who
are at the forefront of crucial
environment-related research.
Environments offers pathways
to a large range of professional
graduate programs in design,
management, engineering, land
and environments and law.
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Bachelor of Environments
Duration
3 years full-time
Fees
See page 104
Campus
Parkville Campus
(Some subjects may be taught at the
Burnley campus)
Entry requirements
See pages 119–127
About the Bachelor of
Environments
The Bachelor of Environments brings
together expertise from a range of
disciplines across the University, to provide
leadership in the study of built and natural
environments, and is the only qualification
of its kind in Australia. The Bachelor
of Environments will give you a broad
understanding of the issues and challenges
that shape diverse environments, while
providing you with the opportunity to focus
on an area of specialisation.
Full-time students take eight subjects
each year for three years. In your first year,
you will take six subjects from a range of
Bachelor of Environments interdisciplinary
subjects comprising the two core subjects
of Natural Environments and Reshaping
Environments, and four selected according
to your interests. In second and third
year you will take nine subjects that
comprise a major. The major sequence will
progressively build a depth of disciplinary
focus and culminate in a capstone subject
that uses all the knowledge you have
gained throughout your major.
In addition to the major subjects in your
chosen discipline, you will undertake three
elective subjects from disciplines within the
Bachelor of Environments and six breadth
subjects from disciplines outside your
chosen area of specialisation.
Careers
Bachelor of Environments students will
graduate into a constantly shifting world.
Finding a balance between development
and sustainability and, where these issues
affect the community, industry and the
individual, will be the challenges graduates
face. As a graduate of the Bachelor of
Environments you will have the knowledge
to meet these new challenges in either
the public sector or private industry. You
will have developed an awareness of
environmental impacts and management
on a global scale, and an understanding of
the professional responsibilities required for
shaping and managing environments in a
sustainable way.
Your career path will depend on your major
field of study and your chosen breadth
options, as well as any outside interests and
extra curricular activities you may pursue.
The Bachelor of Environments provides
specialised pathways to professional
degrees in environment-related areas
such as architecture, civil engineering,
structural engineering, environmental
engineering, construction management,
forest management, geomatic engineering,
landscape architecture, property, urban
horticulture and urban planning as well as
a wide range of other professional degrees
such as applied commerce, psychology,
social work, teaching, law, nursing science,
medicine, physiotherapy and veterinary
medicine.
Depth
Developing your specialisation
The Bachelor of Environments is an
innovative degree being offered by The
University of Melbourne that reflects the
changing demands and challenges of the
world today.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Environments
will have the ability to consider the
environment beyond the short term, and
play an active role in understanding the
existing environments and maintaining,
designing and constructing sustainable
areas in which to live, work and visit.
Specialisations available in the
Bachelor of Environments
The Bachelor of Environments offers 11
specialisations in which you might major:
>>Architecture
>>Civil Engineering (Civil Systems)
>>Construction
>>Environmental Geographies, Politics and
Cultures
>>Environmental Science
>>Geomatics (Geomatic Engineering)
>>Landscape Architecture
>>Landscape Management.
>>Environmental Engineering (Physical
Systems)
>>Property
>>Urban Design and Planning.
For more information see www.benvs.
unimelb.edu.au/about/fields-of-study/