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Bachelor of
Environments
The Bachelor of Environments brings together design,
science, technology and the social sciences, giving you the
skills to help solve the urban and environmental problems
facing our world.
Duration
3 years full time
Part time available
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Campus
Parkville
Entry
Semester 1 or 2
Contact hours (frst year)
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Approximately 16 to 18 hours per
week (plus study and assignment
time of around 24 hours per week)
Extra requirements
To major in Civil Systems (Civil
Engineering), Construction,
Environmental Engineering
Systems, Environmental Science,
Geomatics or Property, you may
be required to undertake a
bridging subject in mathematics
as frst-year breadth if you have
not completed VCE Units 3 and
4 Mathematical Methods or
equivalent. Please see
benvs.unimelb.edu.au/
entry-requirements for details.
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Part-time study not available to most
international students due to visa
restrictions
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Based on full-time study load
Quick facts
SHAPE OUR BUILT AND
NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
The Bachelor of Environments gives
you the in-depth skills and broader
professional knowledge now expected
by employers in the built and natural
environments.
In your frst year, you will take three
core subjects with everyone in the
degree. These cover natural, reshaping
and urban environments, and you will
gain a strong understanding of how all
these subjects are inter-related through
science, technology, design and the
social sciences in the wider context of
governments, the community sector
and private industry.
In your second year, you will choose
from 11 majors. This will give you a
pathway either into the workforce or
into a range of professionally accredited
graduate programs.
Once you have chosen your career
pathway and started working, you
will have the specialist knowledge
and practical skills needed to
work effectively alongside other
professions within the built and natural
environments. Together, you will
positively change the way we develop,
inhabit and shape our environments.
MAJOR AREAS OF STUDY
The 11 majors in the Bachelor of
Environments are:
Architecture
Civil Systems (Civil Engineering)
Construction
Environmental Engineering Systems
Environmental Geographies, Politics
and Cultures
Environmental Science
Geomatics (Geomatic Engineering)
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Management
Property
Urban Design and Planning.
CAREER OUTCOMES
You may choose to continue on
to a masters, but as a Bachelor of
Environments graduate you’ll be
qualifed for employment in a variety of
sectors from local, state and federal/
national governments to the community
sector and private industry.
Your career path will depend on the
major and breadth subjects you choose.
Potential career pathways include:
Architectural project support
Construction coordination
Design technician
Environmental geology
Environmental risk analysis
Environmental sustainability education
Land development and forestry
management
Landscape design
Mining industry consulting
Natural resource development and
management
Property management
Science and management of soil,
water and air pollution
Social and environmental policy.
HONOURS
If you major in Landscape Management
or Environmental Geographies, Politics
and Cultures you may have the option
to undertake an honours program
after third year. The honours year will
include a research project. Entry into
the honours program is based on your
undergraduate results.
FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS
The Bachelor of Environments provides
pathways to a range of masters and
professionally accredited graduate
degrees, including:
Melbourne School of Engineering:
Civil Engineering, Environmental
Engineering, Geomatics and Spatial
Information Science or Structural
Engineering
Choose from
11 majors