Offered By	Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Faculty of Law, ANU Medical School, Canberra School of Art, Faculty of Asian Studies, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Academic Contact	Dr Robert Dyball, BA (Hons)

Environmental Studies has the broad objective of developing understanding of the interrelationships between human societies and their environment. The areas of study vary from natural ecological and earth processes through environmental management and resource use to cultural ecology and the history of environmental change, perception and philosophy.

The fundamental nature of environmental resources, essential to life and increasingly subject to conflict over ends and means, makes their study necessarily broad. Relevant courses are taught in four faculties. Arts, Economics and Commerce, Law and Science. Grouping these courses appropriately, different coherent approaches and areas of focus are possible, ranging from a concentration on those resources that provide the essential economic foundations for society through to the study of more general aspects of the environment affecting quality of life. Common to all is the interactive process between humans and their environment at the individual and societal levels.

Students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts should make their selections as indicated under each major below but are reminded that, if desired, a major may consist entirely of 2000 and 3000 level courses. Details of ENVS courses can be found in the Fenner School of Environment and Society entry of the Undergraduate Handbook or from the "List of courses" below.

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 42 units with a maximum of 12 units at first year level and a minimum of 30 units at later year level comprising:

(a) No more than 12 units from group 1

(b) Compulsory courses ENVS2011 Human Ecology and ENVS3021 Human Futures

(c) 6 units from group 2

(d) 12 further units from either group 2 or group 3

Supporting courses in statistics would be an advantage.

 

Warning: Students should note that although courses from other Faculties are included in this major, they are not classified as "Arts" courses and you may not be able to include them in your degree. 

For students enrolled in a single BA the Program Rules allow for a maximum of 48 units (8 courses) out-of-faculty. 

For BA students enrolled in a combined degree, enrolment is restricted to Arts courses only, therefore you may not include out-  of-faculty courses. 

For a list of courses that are approved to count as "Arts" courses in the BA please see the Bachelor of Arts Course Listing at the end of the College of Arts & Social Sciences entry in the Undergraduate Handbook or see the Undergraduate Courses offered by the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences. 

Please note that most SRES coded courses do count as "Arts", but please check the BA Course Listing carefully.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.