Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management (BEnvPolicyMgt)

Program Code
BENVS

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Academic Year
2025

These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

This program examines environmental change and its effect on altering the world in which we live; its cities and suburbs, regional and rural landscapes, its natural heritage and biodiversity, and its significant political and economic implications. Students will learn about the causes of environmental change and develop strategies, policy, and planning skills to effectively manage environmental issues at local, national and global levels. Areas covered include climate change, managing our coasts and rivers, environmental management, population and migration, urban processes, biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development. Students will also have the opportunity to take part in an internship with an external organisation related to the environment in their final year of study.

The Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management is an AQF Level 7 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 3 years.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate understanding of a range of knowledge in environmental policy and management, and of the concepts, theories and methods of enquiry appropriate to the discipline.
  2. Understand, argue and communicate environmental policy and management ideas and concepts in both oral and written forms.
  3. Plan and execute assessments and be able to work independently and collaboratively on the topics relevant to environmental policy and management.
  4. Select and use appropriate research tools, including technologies, to obtain, analyse, evaluate and interpret information on environmental policy and management.
  5. Demonstrate intercultural and ethical responsibility, and the ability to form and sustain productive relationships both within and across disciplinary boundaries.

Conditions

Condition of enrolment
Interruption of program: Students must apply for permission from the Executive Dean or delegate before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

Program Maximum Duration: As specified in Table 1 of the Coursework Academic Programs Policy, this program must be completed within a Maximum Duration which includes any periods of non-enrolment, leave of absence or approved study at other institutions for credit towards a Program.

Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management

There shall be a Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management.

Qualification Requirements

To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Environmental Policy and Management, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 72 units, comprising:
1. Level I courses not exceeding 24 units
2. A minimum of 24 units at Level III
2. Core courses to the value of 27 units, including a course chosen from the Core Competency List to the value of 3 units
3. At least one minor to the value of 18 units from the following:

  • Anthropology
  • Art History and Visual Culture
  • Chinese Studies
  • Classics
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminology
  • English
  • French Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • German Studies
  • History
  • Indigenous Knowledges and Society
  • Indonesian Studies
  • International Development
  • Italian Studies
  • Japanese Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Modern Greek Studies
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Studies

4. Closed Electives to the value of 12 units
5. Electives to the value of 15 units
or
6. If studying a Minor in Psychology, Elective courses to the value of 12 unit in lieu of the courses required in (5).

Core Courses

Minor

Electives

  • Environmental Policy and Management Closed Electives

    To satisfy the requirements for Environmental Policy and Management Closed Electives students must complete courses to the value of 12 units.

    6 units of closed electives at Level II, and 6 units of closed electives at Level III.

    Note: The courses ARTS 3100 Community Engagement Learning Project and ARTS 3202 Research based Internship can be studied if, upon negotiation with the Course Coordinator, a relevant placement can be arranged.

    Level II

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    GEOG 2128 Sustainable Futures 3
    GEOG 2129 Introductory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3
    GEOG 2135 Urban Futures 3
    GEOG 2138 Global Population and Health 3
    GEOG 2142 Climate Change 3
    GEOG 2150 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment 3
    GEOG 2159 Adapting to Change: Coastal and Marine Management 3
    GEOG 2161 Migration and Development 3
    GEOG 2201 Cities and Sustainability 3

    Level III

    Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    GEOG 3010 Tourism and Environment 3
    GEOG 3022 Food Security 3
    GEOG 3025 Environmental Policy and Management Internship 6
    GEOG 3027 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3
  • Electives

    To satisfy the requirements for Electives students must complete courses to the value of 15 units.

    Courses from the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics including courses from the Geography, Environment and Population Closed Electives list not otherwise included, or other undergraduate courses offered by the University that are available to the student.