Program Requirements
The Master of Environmental Science (Advanced) requires the completion of 96 units, must consist of:
Either:
48 units from the completion of the Environmental Biology course BIOL8701 Research Project, which must be completed more than once in consecutive semesters
24 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
12 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia’s Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia’s Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
12 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
Or:
48 units from the completion of the Environmental and Ecological Science course ENVS8000 Masters Dissertation, which must be completed more than once in consecutive semesters.
24 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia’s Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Remote Sensing
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Solving Complex Environmental Problems
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia’s Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
12 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
12 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
Or:
48 units from the completion of the Environmental Earth Science course EMSC8030 Earth Science Research Project, which must be completed more than once in consecutive semesters
24 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and the Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6028 Coastal Environmental Earth Science
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A (3 units)
EMSC6041 Seminar B (3 units)
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: Introduction to Earth System Science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water andMarine Geosciences
EMSC8022 Analytical Techniques
EMSC8023 Data Analysis
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
EMSC8707 Understanding Geological Hazards
12 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Systems: Urban
ENVS6010 Australia’s Forests
ENVS6012 Sustainable Systems: Rural
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Hydrology and Landforms for Natural Resource Management
ENVS6023 Vegetation and Soils: Landscape Co-evolution and Ecology
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia’s Environment
ENVS6203 Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science and Policy in Practice
ENVS6302 Sustainable Agricultural Practices
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science and Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6312 Geomorphology: Landscape Evolution under Changing Climate
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Resource Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8006 Measuring Forest Carbon
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment and Society
ENVS8049 Independent Research Project
12 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Functional Diversity: Genomes to Biomes
BIOL6004 Population Ecology
BIOL6006 Principles of Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
Students must have completed a minimum of 48 units in order to attempt courses from the following list.
BIOL8701 Research Project
ENVS8000 Masters Dissertation
EMSC8030 Earth Science Research Project
A course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.
Students must achieve a minimum 70% average mark in the first 48 units of coursework and have the approval of the supervisor for the research project.
Students who do not achieve a minimum 70% average mark in the first 48 units of coursework or have the approval of the supervisor for the research project will be transferred to the Master of Environmental Science.
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with an average mark of at least 70% and at least 8 courses in cognate disciplines.
All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students.
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
Students must achieve a minimum 70% average mark in the first 48 units of coursework and have the approval of the supervisor for the research project.
Cognate discipline
Biology, Earth Science, Ecology, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science
Indicative fees
- Annual indicative fee for domestic students
- $24,816.00
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $33,168.00
For further information on International Tuition Fees see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
Do you want to engage with current scientific understanding and explanations of environmental processes and issues? The Master of Environmental Science (Advanced) is a flexible program for those wishing to develop breadth in environmental science and its applications, and depth in biological, earth and marine and environmental and ecological sciences. This program is for those students wanting to increase their scientific and professional expertise for careers in many aspects of the environment, including environmental policy, management, administration, industry, services and research. You will also develop research expertise through completing a substantial dissertation, which constitutes appropriate research training for the PhD.
Career Options
ANU provides you with more choice for your entrance score by offering the new Flexible Double Degree program.
The ANU Flexible Double Degree lets you build skills for your chosen career without forfeiting your passion. It's your choice to build a double degree partnership that suits your head and your heart.http://students.anu.edu.au/applications/
NEW program - available for applications commencing from Summer Session, 2015
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:
- Demonstrate both a broad knowledge base in the environmental sciences, and expert knowledge in one or more of the biological sciences, earth and marine sciences and environmental and ecological sciences
- Independently apply their advanced knowledge and analytical, research, teamwork, and oral and written communication skills in professional practice in the environmental sciences
- Effectively communicate knowledge and understanding in the environmental sciences to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Demonstrate that they have completed appropriate research training for further study
Further Information
New students in this program are eligible to apply for a Commonwealth Supported Place. Visit the following website for further information: http://cmbe-cpms.anu.edu.au/study/2015-commonwealth-supported-places
Academic Advice
The first step to enrolling in your new program is to seek academic advice in order to discuss the courses you will be studying. This is done by making an appointment to meet with the program convener (details below).
Your academic advice session is a great opportunity to discuss with the convener the direction in which you want your studies to go. The convener will be able to advise you about course selection and content of courses that you will undertake as part of your program. Ideally you should bring along a copy of your academic record/academic transcripts as these will greatly assist your convener when giving you course advice.
To book an appointment you can:
Email: fennerschool-pgcw-academic-advice@anu.edu.au
Phone: 02 6125 6950
Please also bring along your Planning Your Program document that is available from the enrolment website and your checklist. These documents will help you plan your degree and assist you with finalising your enrolment.
Further enrolment information can also be found here http://students.anu.edu.au/manage/enrol/coursework.php
Please follow each step and read through the additional information in the pdf guides, especially the ISIS enrolment guide in Step 2 and the How to enrol guide for new students in Step 3.
If you have any issues enrolling yourself through ISIS please contact us on 02 6125 2809 or email science.enquiries@anu.edu.au
