AASHE Campus Sustainability Hub

The Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Science) is a multi-disciplinary degree combining the disciplines of biology, chemistry, ecology and geography complemented with studies in environmental policy and management. The Environmental Science program offered at the University of Tasmania has a strong focus on aquatic science, chemical monitoring and environmental management and overarches a number of the University's theme areas, particularly the Environment, and Antarctic and Marine Studies theme areas.

an understanding of the environment and how components of the environment interact with each other; an appreciation of the values society places on our environment and how these values may transfer to environmental policy and practice; an appreciation of the changes in the environment from an historical perspective; an understanding of how we use the environment and how these uses impact on the integrity of the environment and its sustainable management; an understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment; the capacity to undertake environmental monitoring and relate findings of monitoring to practices associated with land use and industry; the capacity to plan and execute small field projects associated with the above.

• Link: Environmental Science BAS