Discover how environmental science integrates with the practical ability to manage, conserve and rehabilitate natural and degraded ecosystems.
With a strong focus on the Australian environment, you will explore subject areas such as ecology and wildlife, water and climate, mine site rehabilitation, landscape management and restoration.
Learn through practical experiences including fieldwork in arid, coastal and forested areas and gain the knowledge, skills and experience required and encouraged by industry and government departments.
Sample structures are just one example of the many options available within your chosen course. Please contact Federation University for further information on available options.
Please note this is a sample structure only and is not to be used for enrolment purposes. To enrol, please refer to the information provided to you by Federation University for your individual program structure or view our enrolment information page.
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Year 1
Semester 1
PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
SCBIO1010, 15 credit points
CHEMISTRY 1
SCCHM1001, 15 credit points
SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE
SCCOR1300, 15 credit points
GENERAL SCIENCE: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
SCENV1502, 15 credit points
Semester 2
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
SCCOR1200, 15 credit points
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
SCENV1002, 15 credit points
SUSTAINABLE EARTH
SCSUS1500, 15 credit points
STATISTICAL METHODS
STATS1000, 15 credit points
Year 2
Semester 1
AUSTRALIAN FAUNA
SCENV2100, 15 credit points
POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
SCENV2200, 15 credit points
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SCENV2600, 15 credit points
Elective Choices
Systems Biology (15 credit points)
Environmental Chemistry (15 credit points)
Research Project (15 credit points)
Science Communication Project (15 credit points)
Fire Ecology: Burning Issues for Science and Management (15 credit points)
ARID ZONE ECOLOGY (15 credit points)
Environmental Change (15 credit points)
Ecosystems Conservation and Management (15 credit points)
Planet Earth (15 credit points)
REGOLITH SCIENCE (15 credit points)
OPTICAL MINERALOGY (15 credit points)
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
SEDIMENTOLOGY (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
HYDROLOGY (15 credit points)
FIELDWORK PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (15 credit points)
PALAEONTOLOGY (15 credit points)
EARTH'S LIVING HISTORY (15 credit points)
GENERAL SCIENCE: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION (15 credit points)
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (15 credit points)
General Microbiology (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Semester 2
AUSTRALIAN FLORA
SCENV2101, 15 credit points
WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
SCENV2202, 15 credit points
FIELD-BASED INVESTIGATION
SCENV2500, 15 credit points
PEST PLANTS & ANIMALS
SCENV2800, 15 credit points
Year 3
Semester 1
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION AND MINE SITE REHABILITATION
SCENV3120, 15 credit points
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
SCENV3912, 15 credit points
Elective Choices
Systems Biology (15 credit points)
Environmental Chemistry (15 credit points)
Research Project (15 credit points)
Science Communication Project (15 credit points)
Fire Ecology: Burning Issues for Science and Management (15 credit points)
ARID ZONE ECOLOGY (15 credit points)
Environmental Change (15 credit points)
Ecosystems Conservation and Management (15 credit points)
Planet Earth (15 credit points)
REGOLITH SCIENCE (15 credit points)
OPTICAL MINERALOGY (15 credit points)
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
SEDIMENTOLOGY (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
HYDROLOGY (15 credit points)
FIELDWORK PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (15 credit points)
PALAEONTOLOGY (15 credit points)
EARTH'S LIVING HISTORY (15 credit points)
GENERAL SCIENCE: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION (15 credit points)
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (15 credit points)
General Microbiology (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Elective Choices
Money and Capital Markets (15 credit points)
Personal Finance and Decision Making (15 credit points)
Financial Management (15 credit points)
Financial Planning (15 credit points)
Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives (15 credit points)
Advanced Financial Management (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Contemporary Design Issues (15 credit points)
Applied Design Concept (15 credit points)
Applied Design Skills (15 credit points)
Legal Issues for Designer (15 credit points)
Occupational Health and Safety (15 credit points)
Quality Customer Service (15 credit points)
Finance Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Staff Supervision (15 credit points)
Commercial Cookery Principles (15 credit points)
Food and Beverage Service Principles (15 credit points)
Accommodation Service Principles (15 credit points)
Events Management Principles (15 credit points)
Organisational Relationships (15 credit points)
Budget Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Managing Diversity (15 credit points)
Business and Operational Planning (15 credit points)
Hospitality Law and Compliance (15 credit points)
Managing Financial Operations and Assets (15 credit points)
Engaging and Retaining Staff (15 credit points)
Hospitality Marketing (15 credit points)
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (15 credit points)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
APPLIED HOSPITALITY PROJECT (30 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO BUDGETS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND INDUCTION (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS PLANNING (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF LEADERSHIP (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (15 credit points)
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
Marketing for Managers (15 credit points)
Accounting for Managers (15 credit points)
Applied Services Marketing (15 credit points)
APPLIED WORKPLACE PRACTICE (30 credit points)
Applied Workplace Practice (15 credit points)
Business Law (15 credit points)
Corporations Law and Trusts (15 credit points)
Taxation Law and Practice (15 credit points)
Employment Law (15 credit points)
Food and Industrial Microbiology (15 credit points)
Medical Microbiology (15 credit points)
Environmental Microbiology (15 credit points)
Medical Cell Biology (15 credit points)
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS DECISIONS (15 credit points)
Accounting Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Principles of Accounting and Finance (15 credit points)
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING 1 (15 credit points)
Corporate Accounting (15 credit points)
Financial Accounting (15 credit points)
Management Accounting 2 (15 credit points)
ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
Financial Planning (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING PROJECT (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING PRACTICE (15 credit points)
E Business Fundamentals (15 credit points)
BUSINESS MICROECONOMICS (15 credit points)
Principles of Economics (15 credit points)
Money and Capital Markets (15 credit points)
Financial Markets and Institutions (15 credit points)
Macroeconomics Policy (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC POLICY IN AUSTRALIA (15 credit points)
INNOVATION IN SOCIETY SEMINAR (15 credit points)
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS (15 credit points)
MANAGING TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALISATION (15 credit points)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & NEW VENTURE CREATION (15 credit points)
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (15 credit points)
INNOVATION IN PRACTICE (15 credit points)
Academic Skills for Business (15 credit points)
Principles of Responsible Business (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION (15 credit points)
Introduction to Human Resource Management (15 credit points)
Staffing Organisations (15 credit points)
Experiencing Aquatic Environment (15 credit points)
Assessing Learning in VET (15 credit points)
TEACHING VCE TECHNOLOGY - SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (15 credit points)
PRACTICUM: PRIMARY CLASSROOM (15 credit points)
PRACTICUM: DIVERSE CONTEXT 2 (15 credit points)
Semester 2
ECOSYSTEMS CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
SCENV3800, 15 credit points
Elective Choices
Money and Capital Markets (15 credit points)
Personal Finance and Decision Making (15 credit points)
Financial Management (15 credit points)
Financial Planning (15 credit points)
Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives (15 credit points)
Advanced Financial Management (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Contemporary Design Issues (15 credit points)
Applied Design Concept (15 credit points)
Applied Design Skills (15 credit points)
Legal Issues for Designer (15 credit points)
Occupational Health and Safety (15 credit points)
Quality Customer Service (15 credit points)
Finance Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Staff Supervision (15 credit points)
Commercial Cookery Principles (15 credit points)
Food and Beverage Service Principles (15 credit points)
Accommodation Service Principles (15 credit points)
Events Management Principles (15 credit points)
Organisational Relationships (15 credit points)
Budget Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Managing Diversity (15 credit points)
Business and Operational Planning (15 credit points)
Hospitality Law and Compliance (15 credit points)
Managing Financial Operations and Assets (15 credit points)
Engaging and Retaining Staff (15 credit points)
Hospitality Marketing (15 credit points)
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY (15 credit points)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
APPLIED HOSPITALITY PROJECT (30 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF CUSTOMER SERVICE (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO BUDGETS AND FINANCIAL PLANNING (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND INDUCTION (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS PLANNING (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING (15 credit points)
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF PERFORMANCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF LEADERSHIP (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (15 credit points)
PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (15 credit points)
STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
Marketing for Managers (15 credit points)
Accounting for Managers (15 credit points)
Applied Services Marketing (15 credit points)
APPLIED WORKPLACE PRACTICE (30 credit points)
Applied Workplace Practice (15 credit points)
Business Law (15 credit points)
Corporations Law and Trusts (15 credit points)
Taxation Law and Practice (15 credit points)
Employment Law (15 credit points)
Food and Industrial Microbiology (15 credit points)
Medical Microbiology (15 credit points)
Environmental Microbiology (15 credit points)
Medical Cell Biology (15 credit points)
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS DECISIONS (15 credit points)
Accounting Fundamentals (15 credit points)
Principles of Accounting and Finance (15 credit points)
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING 1 (15 credit points)
Corporate Accounting (15 credit points)
Financial Accounting (15 credit points)
Management Accounting 2 (15 credit points)
ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (15 credit points)
Financial Planning (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING PROJECT (15 credit points)
ACCOUNTING PRACTICE (15 credit points)
E Business Fundamentals (15 credit points)
BUSINESS MICROECONOMICS (15 credit points)
Principles of Economics (15 credit points)
Money and Capital Markets (15 credit points)
Financial Markets and Institutions (15 credit points)
Macroeconomics Policy (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC POLICY IN AUSTRALIA (15 credit points)
INNOVATION IN SOCIETY SEMINAR (15 credit points)
COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS (15 credit points)
MANAGING TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALISATION (15 credit points)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & NEW VENTURE CREATION (15 credit points)
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (15 credit points)
INNOVATION IN PRACTICE (15 credit points)
Academic Skills for Business (15 credit points)
Principles of Responsible Business (15 credit points)
FUNDAMENTALS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION (15 credit points)
Introduction to Human Resource Management (15 credit points)
Staffing Organisations (15 credit points)
Experiencing Aquatic Environment (15 credit points)
Assessing Learning in VET (15 credit points)
TEACHING VCE TECHNOLOGY - SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (15 credit points)
PRACTICUM: PRIMARY CLASSROOM (15 credit points)
PRACTICUM: DIVERSE CONTEXT 2 (15 credit points)
Elective Choices
Systems Biology (15 credit points)
Environmental Chemistry (15 credit points)
Research Project (15 credit points)
Science Communication Project (15 credit points)
Wetlands and Water Resources (15 credit points)
Fire Ecology: Burning Issues for Science and Management (15 credit points)
ARID ZONE ECOLOGY (15 credit points)
Environmental Change (15 credit points)
Ecosystems Conservation and Management (15 credit points)
Planet Earth (15 credit points)
REGOLITH SCIENCE (15 credit points)
OPTICAL MINERALOGY (15 credit points)
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
SEDIMENTOLOGY (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
HYDROLOGY (15 credit points)
FIELDWORK PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (15 credit points)
PALAEONTOLOGY (15 credit points)
EARTH'S LIVING HISTORY (15 credit points)
GENERAL SCIENCE: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION (15 credit points)
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (15 credit points)
General Microbiology (15 credit points)
Mammalian Genetics (15 credit points)
Animal Management and Disease (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Systems Biology (15 credit points)
Environmental Chemistry (15 credit points)
Research Project (15 credit points)
Science Communication Project (15 credit points)
Wetlands and Water Resources (15 credit points)
Fire Ecology: Burning Issues for Science and Management (15 credit points)
ARID ZONE ECOLOGY (15 credit points)
Environmental Change (15 credit points)
Ecosystems Conservation and Management (15 credit points)
Planet Earth (15 credit points)
REGOLITH SCIENCE (15 credit points)
OPTICAL MINERALOGY (15 credit points)
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
SEDIMENTOLOGY (15 credit points)
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (15 credit points)
HYDROLOGY (15 credit points)
FIELDWORK PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (15 credit points)
PALAEONTOLOGY (15 credit points)
EARTH'S LIVING HISTORY (15 credit points)
GENERAL SCIENCE: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION (15 credit points)
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (15 credit points)
General Microbiology (15 credit points)
Mammalian Genetics (15 credit points)
Animal Management and Disease (15 credit points)
Case Studies in Animal Management (15 credit points)
Entry requirements (year 12)
Admissions Criteria for current Year 12 students (2020) and recent secondary graduates (2019 and 2018)
Prerequisites
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any English;
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of any Mathematics or any Science
This course uses the ATAR as part of its selection considerations.
Guaranteed ATAR
This program has a guaranteed ATAR.If you meet the program pre-requisites and any ‘Essential Requirements for Admission’, we will guarantee you a place in this program with this ATAR. We use the adjusted ATAR, factoring in subject adjustments and SEAS as detailed below.
Subject Adjustments
A study score of 35 in Biology, Chemistry or Physicsequals 3 aggregate points per study. Overall maximum of 5 points.
SEAS (Special Entry Access Scheme)
Applicants who have experienced educational disadvantage are encouraged to apply for the Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS). Depending on eligibility and your circumstances, a SEAS application may provide support for your course application.
Entry requirements (non year 12)
Admission criteria for applicants with a Higher Education Study
This course uses the applicants’ entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.
Compulsory: Previous higher education studies with results at a pass level, including any 'single subjects of study', or successful completion of a tertiary preparatory program such as the FedUni Foundation Access Studies Program (FAST).
Admission criteria for applications with a Vocational Education and Training study
This course uses the applicants’ entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.
Compulsory: Successful completion of a relevant VET qualification at Certificate III level or higher.
Admission criteria for applications with work and life experience
This course uses the applicants’ entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.
Compulsory: Applicants who have not completed secondary education, or undertaken any TAFE or university studies should include a personal statement detailing all relevant experience to strengthen their application.
