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Do you want to engage with current scientific understanding and explanations of environmental processes and issues? The Master of Environmental Science is a flexible program for those wishing to develop breadth in environmental science and its applications, and depth in aspects of one or more of the biological, earth and environmental and ecological sciences. This program is for those students wanting to increase their scientific and professional expertise for careers in many aspects of environmental science, including environmental policy, management, administration, industry, services and research.
Career Options
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:
- Demonstrate both a broad knowledge base in the environmental sciences and depth of knowledge in aspects of one or more of environmental biology, environmental earth science, and environmental and ecological science
- Independently apply their advanced knowledge and analytical, research, teamwork, and oral and written communication skills in professional practice in the environmental sciences
- Effectively communicate knowledge and understanding in the environmental sciences to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
The Master of Environmental Science requires the completion of 96 units, of which:
A minimum of 24 units must come from completion of 8000-level courses.
A course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.
The 96 units of courses must consist of:
Either:
A minimum of 12 units from completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL8700 Research Proposal
BIOL8706 Biology Research Project
A maximum of 36 units from completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia's Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
Or:
A minimum of 12 units from completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
A maximum of 36 units from completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia's Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
Or:
12 units from completion of the Environmental Earth Science course EMSC8030 Research Project (12 units)
36 units from completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8022 Analytical Techniques
EMSC8023 Data Analysis
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia's Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A maximum of 24 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ANTH6026 Medical Anthropology
ANTH6064 Anthropology of Environmental Disasters
ANTH8014 Mining Projects and Indigenous Peoples
ANTH8047 Resource Projects and Indigenous Peoples
ARCH6022 Long-term Biodiversity and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific
ARCH6108 Animals, Plants and People
BIAN6013 Human Evolution
BIAN6115 Race and Human Genetic Variation
BIAN6119 Nutrition, Disease and the Human Environment
BIAN6120 Culture, Biology and Population Dynamics
BIAN6124 Human Society as Animal Society: Sex, Conflict, Co-operation and Human Uniqueness
BIAN6510 Scientific Dating and Isotope analysis for Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology
BIAN6512 Ancient Health and Disease
BIAN6513 Primate Evolutionary Biology
BIAN6514 Primate Ecology and Behaviour
BIAN6515 Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
BIAN6516 Research Design and Analysis in Biological Anthropology
BIAN6517 Human Skeletal Analysis
BIAN6518 Analysis of Mammalian Remains
BIAN6519 Ancient Medicine
BIAN6520 Primate Conservation Biology
ENGN6516 World Energy Resources and Renewable Technologies
ENVS6013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS6014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS6017 Vietnam Field School
ENVS6021 Participatory Resource Management
ENVS6033 International Environmental Policy
ENVS6205 Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
ENVS6528 Environmental Policy
ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction
LAWS8037 Sustainable Energy Law
LAWS8111 Environmental Regulation
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
MATH6100 Bioinformatics and Biological Modelling
MATH6102 Environmental Modelling and Integrated Assessment
MATH6103 Scientific and Industrial Modelling
SCOM8021 Ethics, Issues and Consequences of Science
SCOM8027 Science and Public Policy
Students must have completed a minimum of 48 units in order to attempt courses from the following list:
BIOL8700 Research Proposal
BIOL8706 Biology Research Project
EMSC8030 Research Project (12 units)
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with an average mark of at least 70% and at least 8 courses in cognate disciplines.
All applicants must meet the University's English Language Admission Requirements for Students.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
Cognate disciplines
Biology, Earth Science, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science
Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.
- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to current and future students to assist with the cost of their studies. The University is committed to enabling all students, regardless of their background, to achieve their best at ANU and realise their potential.
Eligibility for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
Students have the option of applying to transfer to the Master of Environmental Science (Adv) and undertaking a 48 unit research project if they satisfy the following requirements:
• achieve a minimum 70% weighted average mark in the initial 48 units of coursework
• have the approval of an identified supervisor, and
• have completed compulsory courses in the Master XXX(Advanced)
Students who have completed 48 units and wish to exit the program have the option of transferring to graduate from a Graduate Diploma of Science.
Students who have completed 24 units and wish to exit the program have the option of transferring to graduate from a Graduate Certificate of Science.
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