Bachelor of Environmental Design – Environmental Geography and Planning
Bachelor of Environmental Design – Environmental Geography and Planning
Ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and planned urban development is crucial to human society. This major explores how we plan and manage resources in the natural and built environment, encompassing theoretical aspects, practical techniques and work placements in these fields. Graduates will be able to apply this knowledge…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and planned urban development is crucial to human society. This major explores how we plan and manage resources in the natural and built environment, encompassing theoretical aspects, practical techniques and work placements in these fields. Graduates will be able to apply this knowledge to develop their careers in planning, conservation and development.
This major focuses on the ways that people inhabit, use and alter environments across different geographical contexts.
Course Structure
Understand the histories and theories of environmental, urban, architectural and landscape design, planning and policy.
Why study this course
You’ll be taught by experts across a range of disciplines from urban planning to natural resource management
You’ll gain practical skills through fieldwork, data analysis and a work placement, which will advance your career in a wide range of areas
The broad range of disciplines and transferrable skills you’ll learn will give you the tools to adapt to the variety of issues affecting industry and society, and will make you more valuable to employers
You’ll learn to
develop skills in data collection, analysis and interpretation, using data from both the human and natural environment
apply your knowledge of policy to identify solutions that ensure sustainable usage of natural resources and urban development
develop workplace-relevant skills including adaptability, teamwork, oral presentations and report writing
use advanced technology such as GIS and remote sensing to explore data and present commanding data visualisations
Career opportunities
Graduates will be well positioned to pursue exciting careers both domestically and internationally in a range of expanding fields. These include urban planners, environmental research and consultancy, conservationists and policy advisers.
Employers include local and national governments, planning agencies, primary industries, environmental consultancies and non-governmental organisations.
Further study
Environmental Geography and Planning graduates may choose to pursue postgraduate studies in:
Master of International Development
REQUIREMENTS
Entry requirements may vary from country to country. Students are required to complete an international academic qualification equivalent to Australian High School (or equivalent).
English language requirements:
IELTS (academic): Overall minimum score of 6.5, no band lower than 6.0
TOEFL Internet-based TOEFL (iBT): an overall score of 82 or above with a minimum score of 22 in writing, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 20 in listening
Pearsons Test of English (PTE) (academic): An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 59 in the speaking and writing sections, and no less than 54 in the other sections
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a proud member of the Group of Eight and is the only university in Western Australia to be ranked in the world top 100 universities (QS World University Rankings 2023).UWA’s main campus is located in Perth, Western Australia and is home to more than 23,000 students. Perth is Australia’s fourth-largest city with over two million people from a variety of cultures worldwide, a strong economy and vibrant lifestyle. Perth is one of the country’s most affordable cities, the closest major Australian city to Asia, and in the same time zone as most of Asia.
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