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Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science

ProviderThe University of Western Australia
Course code: TISCUM008UniversityStudy area: Agriculture, Environmental and Related StudiesData JSON
AttendanceOn campus
Intakes & start datesAugust 2026 · Crawley · WA

Course overview

Environmental Science and Ecology (Extended Major)In the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Master of Environmental Science you'll gain advanced skills and knowledge in dealing with issues such as climate change, water resource management, sustainable natural resource use, and the rehabilitation of degraded or polluted environments to help secure a sustainable future. The course is structured as a four-year accelerated Combined Bachelor Master's program for those with an ATAR of 90 or above. By completing this course, you will graduate with both a Bachelor of Environmental Science and a Master of Environmental Science.

In your first three years you will complete your selected in Environmental Science and Ecology (Extended Major) or Environmental Science and Management (Extended Major) where you'll learn how to understand rational analysis, and improvement of human impacts on the natural world through a critical review of current knowledge, systematic observation, experimentation, modelling, and rigorous data analysis.

You will then complete a final year of postgraduate study in the Master of Environmental Science which focuses on understanding the impact of human activity where you will develop scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable global environment. 

Why study this Combined Bachelor Master's course?

  • UWA is ranked 1st in Australia and 9th in the world for Agricultural Sciences (GRAS 2024)
  • The UWA Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy is a recognised centre of excellence for the impact of its environmental policy analysis
  • You’ll learn to help society resolve conflicts, caused by the increasing demands of growing populations on the environment through an understanding of environmental science and social science

Course record

Career Opportunities

Environmental Consultant, Environmental Manager, Environmental Scientist, Geographer and more.

Majors

Environmental Science and Ecology (Extended Major)

In this extended major, you'll learn about the Environmental Science discipline and how it focuses on assessing the impact of human activity on the global environment to develops scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable future. Whilst your studies in Ecology will focus on how species interact with each other, with other species, and with their physical environment to develop a vital understanding to help in the protection of environmental balance of the natural world.

Environmental Science and Management (Extended Major)

In this extended major, you'll learn about the Environmental Science discipline and how it focuses on assessing the impact of human activity on the global environment to develops scientific, risk-based solutions to help secure a sustainable future. You'll also be trained to apply scientific, economic and regulatory knowledge to help society resolve global conflicts such as climate change, deforestation and water pollution.

Prerequisites for both extended majors:

  • Mathematics Methods ATAR OR Mathematics Applications ATAR with a mathematics unit taken in the first year
  • Students without ATAR Mathematics will take two first-year mathematics units
  • Chemistry ATAR OR an additional chemistry unit taken in the first year

Master of Environmental Science

This course will delve into issues such as climate change, water resource management, sustainable natural resource use, and the rehabilitation of degraded or polluted environments. Throughout the course you'll gain important skills in data analysis and interpretation, lab and field methods, plus GIS and remote sensing. You will also choose one of the following areas of specialisation: Catchments and Water Environmental Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental Rehabilitation, Sensing and Environmental Data

Entry requirements

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IB Diploma

24-26

Use the ATAR 70 band together with the relevant qualification and prerequisite requirements.

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English requirement
IELTS 6.5, no band below 6TOEFL iBT 79, no band below 20PTE Academic 58-64, no band below 50Cambridge C1 Advanced / C2 Proficiency 176-184, no band below 169

If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.

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Past offer reference

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesChina
Common pathwayBachelor background
Target levelBachelor degree
Offer fieldsBachelor of Arts (English and Literary Studies)
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ChinaBachelor background
Bachelor of Arts (English and Literary Studies)Bachelor degree · Bachelor of Arts (English and Literary Studies) · Offshore
gpa 4GPA 2.76/4.02.76/4.00 · lower band · approx. top 30-35%

Campuses & intake dates

Upcoming intakes

  • CrawleyWAAugust 2026
  • CrawleyWAFebruary 2026
  • CrawleyWA