BA, BSc (includes Geography and Human Ecology) and joint degrees

•BA - Bachelor of Arts / with Honours

•BSc - Bachelor of Science / with Honours

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All courses offered by Fenner School can be taken as part of a BSc degree, and all Geography and Human Ecology courses have status for the BA degree. Geography and Human Ecology courses offer students the opportunity to explore a wide range of human environment issues.

The programs:

• stress the importance of literacy and numeracy, graphical, verbal and analytical skills, and competence in report preparation and presentation;
• include an integral fieldwork component in most courses.

Fenner School administers Science Majors in Forest Science, Geography, Human Ecology, and Sustainability Science, and Arts Majors in Environmental Studies, Geography, Human Ecology and Human Sciences.

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (Sustainability)

•BIS(Sustainability) - Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies / with Honours

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The three-year BIS (Sustainability) & the four-year direct Honours entry BIS Honours (Sustainability) degrees:

• offer students an innovative, interdisciplinary, research-intensive program focused on addressing the challenges of sustainability;

• are structured around core knowledge, learning and research skills, and teamwork;

• the degrees require that you develop some knowledge of each of Asia-Pacific, natural and built environments, and the social sciences and humanities;

• they allow you to specialise in two majors that span the university's strengths in Asia-Pacific, Arts, Economics and Commerce, Engineering, and Science.

BGOS(Hons) - Bachelor of Global & Ocean Sciences with Honours

•BGOS(Hons) - Bachelor of Global And Ocean Sciences with Honours

The Bachelor of Global and Ocean Sciences (Honours) is a new multidisciplinary science degree offered at the ANU thatencompasses many fields, in particular, biology, chemistry, ecology, geography, geology, (geo)physics, and mathematics with emphasis on modelling, all applied to an understanding of global environmental change and the world’s oceans. In addition, this degree requires knowledge of how science is incorporated with, and impacts upon, policy and regulation, nationally and internationally.

Courses within the degree are taught by members of different schools and departments from the Faculty of Science, in combination with members of several Research Schools and Centres.

Students are encouraged to diversify their study program as much as possible to gain a broad knowledge of the Earth and itsoceans and how the oceans relate to global climate change, resources and environmental change. Importantly, students will have opportunities to learn about chemical and physical oceanography, biogeochemistry, marine ecology, atmosphere-ocean coupling, palaeoceanography and its modelling, and past, present and future climate change variability. Students are also required to take at least one course from a spectrum that includes policy, economics, legal aspects and science communication.

BSc (Forestry) and joint degrees

•BSc(For) - Bachelor of Science (Forestry) / with Honours

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The four-year BSc (Forestry) degree:

• offers students a challenging education in forest science and forest management, with broad application in environmental science and resource management in Australia and abroad.
• is directed primarily to educating forest scientists and professional foresters, but its graduates are also attractive to a wide range of employers in environmental science and resource management.

The curriculum comprises:

• the basic physical and biological sciences relevant to forest ecosystems,
• the applied sciences and technologies which support sustainable forest management,
• their application in the context of the political, economic and social dimensions of resource use, emphasises field-based learning, and combines a broadly-based education with specific specialisation opportunities.

Five-year double degrees in BSc (Forestry) jointly with BEconomics, BScience, BArts, BArts (Visual), BAsianStudies, BCommerce, BInformationTechnology:

• complement and enhance the Forestry program by combining it with a range of disciplines in other degrees,
• offer graduates particular employment opportunities which capitalise on these complementarities.

BSc (Resource & Environmental Management) and joint degree

•BSc(REM) - Bachelor of Science (Resource and Environmental Management) / with Honours

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The three-year BSc (ResEnvMan) degree:

• offers students the opportunity to develop an individually-structured program which best meets their interests in the environmental sciences and resource management;
• comprises a small core of courses, around which students can develop knowledge of a diverse range of themes, including:

• environmental policy

• forest science

• geographic information systems

• regolith studies

• soil conservation and land management

• sustainable agriculture

• vegetation management

• wildlife science

• land management

Five-year BSc(REM)/LLB degree in BSc(REM) jointly with Bachelor of Laws:

• links these two complementary degrees, and is well suited for students wanting to develop careers in the emerging fields of environmental regulation.

Honours degrees

Each of the degree or double degree programs can be taken with Honours, requiring:

• achievement of sufficient academic standard in coursework, as the basis for admission,
• completion of an individual research project,
• an additional year of study, or - for the Forestry program - concurrent enrolment in Honours in the 4th year.
• Honours degrees can offer graduates a competitive edge in employment, and direct admission to MSc or PhD programs.
• Honours in Fenner School

NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS

• We offer a range of non-degree programs - including workshops, lecture series and short courses - on a variety of topics.
• Please contact us for further information.