Your Options

1. Continue with your current Program

We recommend that you continue your current study plan, as this will ensure that you remain on track to graduate on time.

No action is required from you and you can continue your study, following the program rules and course list from the year you commenced.

We recommend that you check the pre-2021 Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours) study planner, which has been updated with any changes to courses offered in your program.

2. Choose to follow the revised Program Requirements

You may choose to complete the program under the revised program requirements.

Before making a decision, please read the 'Key Changes' and 'Transition Details' to understand what has changed for the program and carefully consider the options, to select the one that best suits you.

Key Changes

From Semester 1 2021, the Bachelor of Environmental Management (Honours) has the following changes:

  • Core (compulsory) courses required for the program have changed
  • Increase in the amount of late year courses (level 3 or higher) required
  • Elective courses available have changed.

Changes to Core Courses

Course Code and Name Pre-2021 2021 onwards
BIOL2010 Ecology Part A compulsory Removed from course list 
ENVM3115 Climate Change & Environmental Management Part C elective Moved to core course

ENVM3211 Pollution Science

(previously titled 'Environmental Toxicology and Monitoring')

not on course list  Added to core courses

Changes to 4th Year Coursework

Course Code and Name Pre-2021 2021 onwards

ENVM3113 Industry Placement Project

Part D  compulsory Replaced with ENVM4100.

Increase to amount of late-year courses required

Prior to 2021 2021 onwards

Minimum of 24 units of level 3 or higher courses.

Minimum of 30 units of level 3 or higher courses.

Changes to elective courses

Course Code and Name Pre-2021 2021 onwards
ENVM3115 Climate Change & Environmental Management Part C electives Moved to core course

ENVM2001 Wildlife Management

Part B electives

Course discontinued. 

Replaced with ANIM2033 Human - Wildlife Conflict Management

General elective.

MARS2014 Marine Science Part B electives

Program elective.

Re-coded to MARS1001 Living Oceans

CONS3017 Landscape Ecology Part C electives

Program elective.

Re-coded to ENVM3017 Landscape Ecology

Students studying the pre-2021 program are permitted to enrol into any new/recoded courses. These will count toward your current program as program (on-list) electives.

Completed Year 1 (up to 16 units)

If you have completed 16 units, it may be possible for you to transfer to the revised program requirements.

The below table identifies the courses that should have been completed, and what they will count towards in the revised program.

Pre-2021 completed courses (16 units) For 2021 list, counts as

BIOL1030, ERTH1000, ENVM1501, ENVM1522, 

GEOM1000, GEOS1100, STAT1201, MATH1040

Core - Level 1 compulsory

 To complete the remaining 48 units requires:

Year 2 courses Year 3 courses Year 4 courses
ENVM2008 ENVM3103 ENVM4512
ENVM2100 ENVM3107 (4 units) ENVM4525
ENVM2203 ENVM3112 (4 units)

12 units of:

  • industry courses or
  • research project courses
GEOG2205 ENVM3115  
GEOM2001 ENVM3211  
LAND2003 2 units elective1  
4 units electives1    

Completed Year 2 (up to 32 units)

If you have completed 32 units, including all courses listed in the below table, it may be possible for you to transfer to the revised program requirements.

Pre-2021 completed courses (16 units) For 2021 list, counts as

BIOL1030, ERTH1000, ENVM1501, ENVM1522, 

GEOM1000, GEOS1100, STAT1201, MATH1040

Core - Level 1 compulsory

ENVM2008, ENVM2100, ENVM2203, 

GEOG2205, GEOM2001, LAND2003

Core - Level 2 compulsory
2 units elective from BEnvMan(Hons) course list On-list elective 

BIOL2010

Off-list elective

To complete the remaining 32 units requires:

Year 3 courses Year 4 courses
ENVM3103 ENVM4512
ENVM3107 (4 units) ENVM4525
ENVM3112 (4 units)

12 units of:

  • industry courses or
  • research project courses
ENVM3115  
ENVM3211  
2 units elective  

Completed more than 32 units

Due to the changes to core courses and late year requirements, if you have completed more than 32 units we recommend that you do not transfer to the revised program requirements. You should continue your study, following the program rules and course list from the year you commenced.

Next Steps

What you need to do

You can continue with and complete your study under your current program requirements or choose to follow the revised program requirements.

No action is required by you to complete the revised program requirements. 

Requesting assistance

The Faculty of Science Student Enquiries office are available to help you with any questions you may have and can assist with booking an academic advising appointment.