Master of Environmental Science

With an emphasis on transdisciplinary knowledge, you will study a range of topics within the School of Environment. Areas the programme focuses on include water-use and governance, air and water quality, ecosystem ecology, environmental modelling and analysis, climate change, and resource management. Graduates of the MEnvSci will have developed the crucial conceptual and practical skills required of professional environmental scientists in research and industry.

180-point taught masters

• 15 points: ENVSCI 711 Assessing Environmental Effects

• At least 105 points:

ENVSCI 701 Research Practice in Environmental Science ENVSCI 702 Applied Estuarine Ecology ENVSCI 703 Research Topics in Environmental Science ENVSCI 704 Modelling of Environmental Systems ENVSCI 705 Environmental Data Analysis ENVSCI 706 Special Topic ENVSCI 707 Directed Study in Environmental Science ENVSCI 713 Air Quality and Atmospheric Processes ENVSCI 714 Water Quality Science ENVSCI 716 Aquatic Ecological Assessment ENVSCI 733 Biodiversity Management and Conservation ENVSCI 734 Restoration and Landscape Ecology ENVSCI 737 Applied Terrestrial Ecology ENVSCI 738 Water and Society

• Up to 30 points from:

EARTHSCI 705 Geohazards EARTHSCI 720 Geochemistry of our World GEOG 730 Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future GEOG 745 Applied Fluvial Geomorphology GEOG 746 Applied Coastal Geomorphology GEOG 748 Current Issues in Coastal Management GEOG 749 Climate and Society GEOG 771 Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation ENVMGT 742 Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change ENVMGT 744 Resource Management MARINE 703 Marine Protected Areas

• 30 points from: 700 level courses in related subjects: Earth Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Geography, Marine Science

• 30 points: ENVSCI 790 Project

180-point research masters

• 30 points:

ENVSCI 701 Research Practice in Environmental Science ENVSCI 705 Environmental Data Analysis

• At least 30 points from:

ENVSCI 702 Applied Estuarine Ecology ENVSCI 703 Research Topics in Environmental Science ENVSCI 704 Modelling of Environmental Systems ENVSCI 706 Special Topic ENVSCI 707 Directed Study in Environmental Science ENVSCI 711 Assessing Environmental Effects ENVSCI 713 Air Quality and Atmospheric Processes ENVSCI 714 Water Quality Science ENVSCI 716 Aquatic Ecological Assessment ENVSCI 733 Biodiversity Management and Conservation ENVSCI 734 Restoration and Landscape Ecology ENVSCI 737 Applied Terrestrial Ecology ENVSCI 738 Water and Society

• Up to 30 points from:

EARTHSCI 705 Geohazards EARTHSCI 770 Engineering Geological Mapping EARTHSCI 720 Geochemistry of our World GEOG 730 Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future GEOG 745 Applied Fluvial Geomorphology GEOG 746 Applied Coastal Geomorphology GEOG 748 Current Issues in Coastal Management GEOG 749 Climate and Society GEOG 771 Spatial Analysis and Geocomputation ENVMGT 742 Social Dimensions of Global Environmental Change ENVMGT 744 Resource Management MARINE 703 Marine Protected Areas

• Or other 700 level courses in related subjects: Earth Science, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, Geography, Marine Science

• 90 points: ENVSCI 794 Thesis