2017 Undergraduate Courses
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Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) (Dean's Scholar) | 2017

This information is for students commencing their course in 2017. Students follow the rules and requirements for the year they commenced their course. Please refer to the Archives link in the menu for years prior to 2017. 

Testamur Title of Degree:

Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) (Dean's Scholar)

Abbreviation:

BEnvSc(Hons)(Dean'sSchol)

UOW Course Code:

1703

CRICOS Code:

092065K

Total Credit Points:

192

Duration:

4 years full-time or part time equivalent

Home Faculty:

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health

Intake Sessions:

Autumn

Delivery Mode:

On-campus (Face-to-face)

Delivery Campus/UAC Code:

Wollongong/TBA

Additional Information:

Course Finder

Overview

The Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) (Deans Scholar) is designed specifically for high-achieving students interested in a challenging degree leading to a career in scientific research.

Students who are eligible for this degree fulfill all the same requirements as Bachelor of Environmental Science candidates, but are also eligible for additional benefits and challenges. 

All are invited to participate in various enrichment activities throughout the program and, after the first year, to develop a close association with an appropriate member of one of the Faculty's research teams. 

Deans Scholar students have the opportunity to undertake individual research subjects. Students are normally required to achieve at least a Distinction average in subjects completed in a calendar year. 

In the final year, all students undertake a substantial piece of supervised research in their major discipline, together with other required seminar and/or course work.

Graduates may then be eligible for direct enrolment into a research doctorate in their chosen field or into other postgraduate degrees. 

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder

Course Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from the Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) (Dean's Scholar) will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate broad and coherent knowledge and understanding of the trends, processes and impacts that shape the Earth and its environment including local, national, global, cultural, Indigenous and spatial perspectives.
  2. Critically evaluate information and data to assess scientific methods and frameworks in the environmental sciences and environmental management.
  3. Develop hypotheses and experiments to test against evidence-based scientific facts, laws, principles and evidence.
  4. Identify and articulate real world problems derived from the environmental sciences and environmental management.
  5. Apply knowledge and appropriate techniques, including those associated with fieldwork, to evaluate possible solutions to real world problems and defend choice of solution against alternatives.
  6. Locate, synthesise and evaluate data, information, results and literature pertaining to the environmental sciences using appropriate methods, measurements, tools and technologies to produce an applied research project in a specific area of environmental sciences and/or environmental management.
  7. Communicate environmental science perspectives and knowledge effectively to a range of audiences using appropriate technologies and communication skills.
  8. Demonstrate ethical, professional, public and personal conduct and capacity to reflect on and direct own learning and practice and participate constructively in decision-making within the context of environmental sciences and environmental management.
  9. Apply knowledge of research principles and research skills in a variety of research contexts.

Course Structure

  • Students who have not completed HSC Mathematics at Band 4 or higher (or equivalent) are required to complete a mathematics subject (MATH151 or equivalent) normally in the first year.
  • Students may only count 60 credit points of 100-level subjects towards the degree.
  • Students must complete a minimum of 24 credit points of 300-level subjects.
  • Students must have a grade of Pass (not Pass Supplementary) or higher in at least 24 credit points of 300-level core subjects which form part of a Science major.

Progression Requirements

To maintain a place in an Advanced degree, students are normally required to achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 75% in the 200 and 300 level subjects completed. The performance of each student will be reviewed initially by the Faculty after the completion of 72 credit points. Students not meeting the minimum progression requirements will be required to transfer into the Bachelor of Environmental Science or Bachelor of Science degree.  

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
Year 1
Autumn
BIOL104 Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment 6 Autumn
EESC101 Planet Earth 6 Autumn
EESC103 Earth's Dynamic Surface 6 Autumn
Please select ONE subject from the following list:
Note: Students who have achieved a mark of 65% or more in NSW HSC Chemistry or equivalent must select CHEM101 and CHEM102. All other students must select CHEM104 and CHEM105.
CHEM101 Chemistry IA: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry 6 Autumn
CHEM104 Foundation Chemistry: Properties of Matter 6 Autumn
Spring
BIOL103 Molecules, Cells and Organisms 6 Spring
EESC102 Earth's Interconnected Spheres 6 Spring
EESC105 Introductory Geospatial Analysis 6 Autumn, Spring
Please select ONE subject from the following list:
Note: Students who have achieved a mark of 65% or more in NSW HSC Chemistry or equivalent must select CHEM101 and CHEM102. All other students must select CHEM104 and CHEM105
CHEM102 Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life 6 Spring
CHEM105 Foundation Chemistry: Reactions and Structures 6 Spring
Summer
Students who wish to complete the Environmental Chemistry major in Third Year and are enrolling in CHEM104 and CHEM105, must also enrol in CHEM106.
CHEM106 Foundation Chemistry: Properties and Reactivity of Matter 6 Summer 2017/2018
Year 2
Autumn
BIOL251 Principles of Ecology 6 Autumn
PHYS233 Introduction to Environmental Physics 6 Autumn
EESC207 Advanced Geospatial Analysis 6 Autumn, Spring
Please select ONE subject from the following list:
For students wishing to take the Life Sciences Major in 3rd year
BIOL105 Functional Biology of Animals and Plants 6 Autumn
For students wishing to take Earth Sciences, Environmental Chemistry or Land Resources majors in Year 3
EESC203 Biogeography and Environmental Change 6 Autumn
Spring
CHEM214 Analytical and Environmental Chemistry 6 Spring
EESC202 Shaping Earth's Surface 6 Spring
PHIL256 Environmental Philosophy: Animals, Nature and Ethics 6 Spring
STAT252 Statistics For the Natural Sciences 6 Spring
Year 3
Please select ONE of the following four majors
Land Resources
EESC320 Capstone:Earth and Environmental Sciences 6 Autumn, Spring, Annual. First offered in 2018
EESC323 Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
STS 302 Climate Change Policy, Possible Futures 6 Not available in 2017
GEOG222 Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures 6 Spring
EESC322  Coastal Environments: Process and Management 6 Spring. First offered in 2018
LAW 381 Law for Environmental Managers 6 Not available in 2017
Plus TWO subjects from the following list:
EESC209 G-cubed: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geophysics 6 Spring
EESC331 Changing Global Environments 6 Spring. First offered in 2018
EESC332 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
GEOG337 Environmental and Heritage Management 6 Spring
Earth Sciences
EESC320 Capstone:Earth and Environmental Sciences 6 Autumn, Spring, Annual. First offered in 2018
EESC201 Earth's Inferno 6 Autumn
EESC321 Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
STS 302 Climate Change Policy, Possible Futures 6 Not available in 2017
LAW 381 Law for Environmental Managers 6 Not available in 2017
EESC326 Resources and Environments 6 Spring. First offered in 2018.
EESC250 Field Geology 6 Summer 2017/2018
Plus ONE subject from the following list:
EESC209 G-cubed: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geophysics 6 Spring
EESC332 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
Life Sciences
EESC320 Capstone:Earth and Environmental Sciences 6 Autumn, Spring, Annual. First offered in 2018
BIOL240 Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms 6 Autumn
BIOL361 Conservation Biology: Marine and Terrestrial Populations 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
STS 302 Climate Change Policy, Possible Futures 6 Not available in 2017
BIOL252 Evolution and Behaviour 6 Spring
BIOL241 Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms 6 Spring
BIOL365 Marine and Terrestrial Ecology 6 Spring. First offered in 2018
LAW 381 Law for Environmental Managers 6 Not available in 2017
Environmental Chemistry
EESC320 Capstone:Earth and Environmental Sciences 6 Autumn, Spring, Annual. First offered in 2018
CHEM211 Inorganic Chemistry II 6 Autumn
CHEM212 Organic Chemistry II 6 Autumn
CHEM337 Environmental Chemistry 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
STS 302 Climate Change Policy, Possible Futures 6 Not available in 2017
CHEM213 Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change 6 Spring
LAW 381 Law for Environmental Managers 6 Not available in 2017
Plus ONE subject from the following list:
CHEM370 Modern Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry 6 Spring. First offered in 2018
CHEM360 Organic Synthesis III 6 Spring. First offered in 2018
Year 4
ENVI402 Research Report 36 Annual, Spring/Autumn. First offered in 2019
ENVE383 Environmental Engineering 6 Autumn. First offered in 2018
MGNT208 Introduction to Management for Professionals A 6 Autumn

Honours

The degrees of Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) (Deans Scholar) are awarded for performance in third and fourth year subjects, based on a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) formula in accordance with Method 3 in the General Course Rules Section 8.

Professional Recognition / Accreditation

Graduates are eligible for full membership of the Environment Institute of Australia & New Zealand and other relevant professional bodies depending on their disciplinary orientation.

Other Information

Further information is available at:

UOW Course Finder

Email: smah-students@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 4 January, 2017