Bachelor of Science (Environment)

2007 Course Handbook

2007 Undergraduate Courses

2007 Postgraduate Courses

Testamur Title of Degree:	Bachelor of Science (Environment)
Abbreviation:	BSc(Env)
Home Faculty:	Science
Duration:	3 years
Total Credit Points:	144
Delivery Mode:	Face-to-face
Starting Session(s):	Autumn
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	742
UAC Code:	757633
CRICOS Code:	003283D

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (Environment) offers two broad, flexible, multi-disciplinary three-year strands ideal for students wishing to complete a science-based environmental degree with a view to employment in an area of environmental assessment, management and policy development. Core subjects have been chosen with a view to providing the key workplace skills required in the environmental field, and appropriate disciplinary strands can be chosen from optional subjects.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

New South Wales HSC University Admission Index (UAI) of 75 (or equivalent). The UAI is reviewed each year.

Assumed Knowledge: Mathematics plus Biology or Chemistry or Geography or Earth and Environmental Sciences. Recommended studies include four units of Science (including Biology) and Mathematics. Students who have not completed Chemistry and/or Biology at the HSC are strongly recommended to enrol in bridging courses offered in February each year. Students without at least HSC Mathematics Band 4 (or equivalent) are required to take a special Mathematics subject (MATH151) in the first year.

Course Requirements

This is a prescribed program of study comprising core and optional subjects as set out below.

Course Program

(a) Biological Sciences/Chemistry/Geosciences strand


Subjects		Session	Credit Points
Common First Year
BIOL104	Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
CHEM101	Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
EESC101	Planet Earth	Autumn	6
EESC103	Landscape Change and Climatology	Autumn	6
BIOL103	Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
CHEM102	Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
EESC102	Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
EESC104	The Human Environment: Problems and Change	Spring	6
Common Second Year
BIOL251	Principles of Ecology and Evolution	Autumn	6
PHYS233	Introduction to Environmental Physics	Autumn	6
EESC203	Biogeography and Environmental Change	Autumn	6
STAT252	Statistics for the Natural Sciences	Spring	6
CHEM214	Analytical and Environmental Chemistry	Spring	6
EESC204	Introductory Spatial Science	Autumn or Spring	6
Options	Plus 2 of the following subjects, one of which should be MATH151 if minimum Mathematics requirement not already met, as approved, for the balance of credit points to total 48.
MATH151	General Mathematics 1A (if required)	Autumn or Summer	6
BIOL240	Functional Biology of Plants and Animals	Autumn	6
CHEM211	Inorganic Chemistry II	Autumn	6
CHEM212	Organic Chemistry	Autumn	6
MARE200	Introduction to Oceanography	Autumn	6
BIOL241	Biodiversity: Classification and Sampling	Spring	6
CHEM213	Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change	Spring	6
EESC202	Soils, Landscapes and Hydrology	Spring	6
EESC208	Environmental Impact of Societies	Spring	6
EESC250	Field Geology I	Summer	6
Third Year
Core
EESC304	Geographic Information Science	Spring	8
ENVI391	Environmental Science	Spring	8
Options
Plus 4 of the following subjects, as approved:
CHEM314	Instrumental Analysis	Autumn	8
CHEM327	Environmental Chemistry	Autumn	8
BIOL351	Conservation Biology: Marine and Terrestrial Populations	Autumn	8
EESC301	Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History	Autumn	8
EESC303	Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology	Autumn	8
EESC305	Remote Sensing of the Environment	Autumn	8
EESC306	Resources and Environments	Spring	8
EESC308	Environmental and Heritage management	Spring	8
BIOL355	Marine and Terrestrial Ecology	Spring	8
EESC302	Coastal Environments: Process and Management	Spring	8
MARE300	Fisheries and Aquaculture	Spring	8
MARE357	Advances in Molluscan Biology	Summer	8
Or other subjects approved by the Coordinator

(b) Physical Sciences strand


Subjects		Session	Credit Points
Common First Year
CHEM101	Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
CHEM102	Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
PHYS141	Fundamentals of Physics A	Autumn	6
PHYS142	Fundamentals of Physics B	Spring	6
MATH187	Mathematics 1A, Part 1 (or MATH141/161)	Autumn	6
MATH188	Mathematics 1A, Part 2 (or MATH142/162)	Spring	6
EESC103	Landscape Change and Climatology	Autumn	6
CSCI114	Procedural Programming	Autumn or Spring	6
Common Second Year
CHEM213	Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change	Spring	6
CHEM214	Analytical and Environmental Chemistry	Spring	6
PHYS230	Intermediate Physics	Annual	12
PHYS235	Mechanics and Thermodynamics	Autumn	6
PHYS233	Introduction to Environmental Physics	Autumn	6
MATH283	Mathematics IIE for Engineers Part 1	Spring	6
BIOL352	Biology for Environmental Engineers	Autumn	6
Third Year
Core
PHYS375	Nuclear Physics	Spring	6
CHEM314	Instrumental Analysis	Autumn	8
CHEM327	Environmental Chemistry	Autumn	8
ENVE221	Air and Noise Pollution	Spring	6
EESC204	Introductory Spatial Science	Autumn or Spring	6
OptionsPlus 2-3 of the following as approved to total a minimum of 48 cp:
ENVE321	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management	Spring	6
ENVE385	Environmental Engineering	Autumn	8
EESC305	Remote Sensing of the Environment	Autumn	8
PHYS305	Quantum Mechanics	Autumn	6
PHYS335	Classical Mechanics	Autumn	6
PHYS325	Electromagnetism	Autumn	6
CHEM364	Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy	Autumn	8

Honours

Students who have achieved the required standard would be eligible to enrol in Honours in their chosen discipline: Biological Sciences, Geosciences or Chemistry.

Other Information

For further information contact the Faculty of Science Office, Room 41.258, or telephone (02) 4221 3481.

Web site: www.uow.edu.au/science/.

The Degree Coordinator is Professor Colin Murray-Wallace - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Room 41.G14, telephone (02) 4221 4419, email: cwallace@uow.edu.au.

Last reviewed: 30 January, 2007