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BP362 · RMIT University · Bachelor degree

Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment

College of Design and Social Context

Minimum ATAR
60.8
Full time
3 years
Part time
—
Credit points
—
Campus
Melbourne City
Mode
On campus

Overview

This degree empowers you to create change by driving future solutions for biodiversity, climate resilience, sustainable resource management and corporate social responsibility.

This degree empowers you to create change by driving future solutions for biodiversity, climate resilience, sustainable resource management and corporate social responsibility.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Year One of Program

48 cp

Students must complete a series of compulsory onboarding modules during their first semester or study period. Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from the following:

  • ENVI1153Sustainable Futures12 cp
  • ENVI1211The Science of Climate and Biodiversity12 cp
  • ENVI1041Environmental Ideas and Action12 cp
  • ARCH3374Land, Place and Society12 cp
  • HUSO2166Foundations of Social Research12 cp
  • ENVI1212Climate Change Responses12 cp
  • ENVI1048Building Relationships with Country12 cp
  • ENVI1196Systems Thinking for Resource Management12 cp

Year Two of Program

24 cp

Complete 24 credit points from the following: AND Complete 24 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

  • ENVI1050Policy and Governance for Sustainability12 cp
  • ENVI1049Environmental Management and Assessment12 cp
  • ENVI1179Environmental Policy Project12 cp
  • ENVI1043Nature-based Solutions for Cities12 cp
  • ENVI1051Economics and the Environment12 cp
  • ENVI1137Communicating Sustainability12 cp

Year Three of Program

48 cp

Complete 48 credit points from the following: AND Complete 48 credit points from your chosen combination.

  • ENVI1062Client Based Research (Environment)12 cp
  • ENVI1058Environmental Work Practice12 cp
  • ENVI1213Environment Capstone Project24 cp

Sustainability and Society minors

List of Sustainability and Society minors

Minor: Public Policy & Social Justice

AND

Minor: Sustainable Urban Change

Minor: Global Development Challenges

AND

  • SOCU2112Global Political Economy12 cp
  • HUSO2036International Development, Themes, Debates and Practice12 cp
  • SOCU2316Sport, Equity and Social Change12 cp
  • SOCU1036Global Governance and International Law12 cp
  • ECON1259Development Economics12 cp
  • HUSO2092Gender, Development and Globalisation12 cp
  • SOCU1027Moving People, Changing Places: Migration, Mobility and Displacement12 cp
  • SOCU1016Asia Pacific Futures12 cp

Interdisciplinary minors

List of Interdisciplinary minors

Minor: Geospatial Science

  • GEOM2083Applied Geospatial Techniques12 cp
  • GEOM2077Mapping The World12 cp
  • GEOM1033Spatial Information Science Fundamentals12 cp
  • GEOM2159Geospatial Programming12 cp

Minor: Social Impact

  • BUSM2656Principles of Social Impact12 cp
  • BUSM4702Social Enterprise and Innovation12 cp
  • BUSM2655Designing Social Futures12 cp
  • BUSM1789Information and Accountability for Social Impact12 cp

Minor: Digital Communication

  • COMM2906Introduction to Digital Communication12 cp
  • COMM2913Precision Writing for Digital Engagement12 cp
  • COMM2872Social Media Communication12 cp
  • COMM2916Digital Audiences and Analytics12 cp
  • COMM2917Communication Platforms and Industries12 cp
  • COMM2914Managing Digital Challenges12 cp
  • COMM2112Influencers in Communication12 cp
  • COMM2915Content Creation for Digital Engagement12 cp

Minor: Circular & Sustainable Built Environment

  • BUIL1229Managing for Sustainability12 cp
  • BUIL1227Introduction to Construction Processes12 cp
  • BUIL1322Shape - A Multidisciplinary and Project Based Elective12 cp
  • BUSM2775Project Waste and Circularity Management12 cp

Minor: Regenerative Futures

AND

  • ENVI1241Regenerative Fundamentals12 cp
  • ENVI1242Regenerative Challenge12 cp
  • ENVI1243Systems Thinking for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1244Eco-Literacy6 cp
  • ENVI1245Regenerative Design6 cp
  • ECON1629Regenerative Value Systems6 cp
  • HWSS2262Social Equity and Regeneration6 cp
  • BUSM2779Regenerative Business Models6 cp
  • ECON1630Design for the Circular Economy6 cp
  • COSC3158AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures6 cp
  • ENVI1246Regenerative Design for Built Environment6 cp
  • PERF2076Storytelling for Speculative Futures6 cp
  • PROC2131Biomaterials and Biofabrication6 cp
  • COMM3024Reimagining Futures in Media and Culture6 cp
  • ENVI1247Regenerative Supply Chain Management6 cp
  • EMPL1008Linking Life and Learning6 cp
  • BUSM2777Leading Regenerative Action6 cp
  • ENVI1248Regenerative Futures Incubator6 cp
  • ENVI1249Reworlding for Creative Place Keeping6 cp
  • HUSO2459Planetary Pedagogies and Civics6 cp

Careers

  • Commonwealth, state, and local governments
  • Environmental and sustainability consulting firms
  • Non-governmental organisations, including aid and development agencies in Australia and internationally
  • Environment and community and advocacy organisations
  • Emerging roles in corporate sustainability