Undergraduate

Environmental Geography and Planning

Ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and planned urban development is crucial to human society.
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ATAR

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8.30am - 5pm AWST, Monday - Friday

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Careers and further study

This course opens up a world of future study pathways and career opportunities.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be well positioned to pursue exciting careers both domestically and internationally in a range of expanding fields. These include urban planners, environmental research and consultancy, conservationists and policy advisers.

Employers include local and national governments, planning agencies, primary industries, environmental consultancies and non-governmental organisations.

Further study

Environmental Geography and Planning graduates may choose to pursue postgraduate studies in:

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Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.

Cost of living

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Admission requirements

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Course details

Ensuring the sustainable use of natural resources and planned urban development is crucial to human society. This major explores how we plan and manage resources in the natural and built environment, encompassing theoretical aspects, practical techniques and work placements in these fields. Graduates will be able to apply this knowledge to develop their careers in planning, conservation and development.

About the course

This major focuses on the ways that people inhabit, use and alter environments across different geographical contexts. 
Environmental Geography and Planning

Quick details

Status
  • Available
Locations
  • Perth (Crawley campus)
Attendance
  • Full-time
Delivery
  • On-campus
Starting dates
  • Semester 1
Level of study
  • Undergraduate
Course Code
  • MJD-ENGEO
Full time/part time duration
  • 3 years (BEnvDes), 4 years (BPhil[Hons])
Environmental Geography and Planning
Status
  • Available
Locations
  • Perth (Crawley campus)
Attendance
  • Full-time
Delivery
  • On-campus
Starting dates
  • Semester 1
Level of study
  • Undergraduate
Course Code
  • MJD-ENGEO
Full time/part time duration
  • 3 years (BEnvDes), 4 years (BPhil[Hons])
Degrees course is available in
  • Bachelor of Environmental Design

Why study this course

  • You’ll be taught by experts across a range of disciplines from urban planning to natural resource management
  • You’ll gain practical skills through fieldwork, data analysis and a work placement, which will advance your career in a wide range of areas
  • The broad range of disciplines and transferrable skills you’ll learn will give you the tools to adapt to the variety of issues affecting industry and society, and will make you more valuable to employers

Practical learning

  • Some units include field visits to a range of sites within Perth to observe and critique aspects of urban design practice.
  • You can participate in a one week field-trip in regional Western Australia that will introduce you to aspects of landscape assessment and environmental planning practice. You can also participate in a one week residential field school where you’ll undertake consultancy type research on environmental planning topics.
  • You’ll do studio work and design simulations in a range of landscape settings within Western Australia and conduct consultancy style reporting and verbal presentations on a research project.

You'll learn to

  • develop skills in data collection, analysis and interpretation, using data from both the human and natural environment
  • apply your knowledge of policy to identify solutions that ensure sustainable usage of natural resources and urban development
  • develop workplace-relevant skills including adaptability, teamwork, oral presentations and report writing
  • use advanced technology such as GIS and remote sensing to explore data and present commanding data visualisations

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