Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours in Environmental Change

University of Canterbury

This degree will give you skills and the practical learning you will need to address the pressing environmental issues we face - in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. Various disciplines of science intersect in this programme to create a layered understanding of complex sustainability challenges we face - for example in freshwater resources, marine contamination, coastal erosion, biosecurity, natural disasters, and climate change. You will assess impacts resulting from disasters, ecological change, and human activity. The BEnvSci(Hons) is accredited by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver environmental practitioners for roles in industry, government, education and research, and the community. Study Involve: This degree combines matauranga Maori and scientific knowledge to broaden your understanding and approach to environmental issues, using Ki Uta ki Tai From the Mountains to the Sea - the full journey and interconnectedness of the natural world. Lab and field-based learning, with 400 hours of work experience. Courses cover a variety of subjects to customise your degree with the issues you are most passionate about. Explore how our earth works, evolves, and adapts to human activity and extreme climate change. Become a part of the solution to the biggest issues we have ever faced by studying Environmental Change. Study Involve: Learn about how different earth systems react and repair from ongoing environmental issues, from eroding landscapes to extinct species to extreme weather events. Gain applied skills in observation and data analysis and computer modelling through field stations and work experience. Learn to merge matauranga Maori and scientific knowledge to broaden your understanding and approach to environmental issues. The Bachelor of Environmental Science with Honours is accredited by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) to deliver environmental practitioners for roles in industry, government, education, research, and the community.

Faculty of Science