Environment

This degree covers the evaluation and monitoring of all aspects of the environment including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.

You'll learn in detail about the processes that occur in both natural and degraded environments before you specialise in two areas of environmental study.

You can specialise in either environmental chemistry or environmental biology, and also one of the following areas: environmental engineering, environmental management, instrumental analysis, or geospatial science.

Practical and industry-relevant activities you’ll undertake as part of your studies include:

• considerable hands-on experience with equipment, both in the laboratory and in the field
• field trips during second and third year
• working on collaborative projects with industry.

Many activities involve working in small groups to foster teamwork and a collaborative approach to research and projects.

International opportunities

You can study for up to one year at any of RMIT’s 120 partner universities through the Education Abroad program. Students have have previously studied in:

• Denmark (Technical University of Denmark)
• Canada (Concordia)
• Sweden (Lund University)
• Holland (Delft University of Technology)
• the USA (Buffalo State University).

You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in an innovative study project in Vietnam.

Prerequisites

Higher Mathematics; or

VCE Units 3 and 4 in Mathematical Methods (CAS) or Specialist Mathematics, with a study score of at least 20.

Selection tasks

None

English language requirements

To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:

• IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
• TOEFL (Paper Based Test): minimum score of 580 (TWE 4.5)
• TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 92 (with minimum of 20 in all sections)
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.