Preserve our planet
There’s arguably nothing more important than the health of our planet. If you’re dreaming of a career that will truly enable you to make a positive impact, choose an environment course at Deakin. With a focus on practical experience and work-ready outcomes, all our courses include a professional placement unit, giving you the opportunity to get your foot in the door at some of the most high-profile organisations in the industry, including Zoos Victoria, Parks Victoria, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Disciplines within environment
Courses within environment
Undergraduate
Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours)
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours)
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology)
Bachelor of Marine Science
Postgraduate
Graduate Certificate of Sustainability
Graduate Diploma of Land and Sea Country Management
Graduate Diploma of Sustainability
Master of Sustainability
Master of Sustainability (Professional)
Research
Influence the future of our environment
Whether you’d like to study marine and freshwater ecosystems, contribute to environmental management and sustainability, or conserve wildlife and plants for future generations, we’ve got a range of specialised courses for you to choose from.
Hands-on learning
Our environment courses take you out of the classroom and into the field. This hands-on experiential learning gives you the practical skills that are highly sought by employers. Field activities can include anything from coastal planning to surveying wildlife populations.
First-class facilities
Your learning is enhanced by a range of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including a Geographic Information Systems lab, wildlife tracking technology and underwater vehicles that beam images of marine plants and animals from the sea floor.
A thriving research culture
Deakin supports one of the world's most prestigious environmental and marine science research programs. Our ecologists are helping to protect Australia's vulnerable flora and fauna from disease, rapid development and climate change.
The most rewarding thing about my course is that it helped me identify geospatial information systems (GIS) as my new passion.
Jason Prasad
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management and Sustainability)
Learn more about Jason's experiences
'Career counselling helped me identify environmental science as my first preference of a career change. Deakin's environmental science options available to choose from and it's location made it an easy decision for me to make.
I travelled to Playa Camaronal, Costa Rica to conduct sea turtle conservation research with fellow students. We transported hatched turtle eggs to a hatchery we had built to preserve declining populations. Impacts of tourist viewing on turtle birthing rates were monitored and recorded. It was nothing short of an incredible experience, I'm very grateful to have been provided with the opportunity. It as an experience that I will never forget, along with the new friends I've made.
The thing I like best about Deakin is that it has helped me to identify my new passion in life, and is enabling me along my new path. The teaching and staff are extremely knowledgeable, passionate and approachable. I enjoy engaging with them, they are very supportive in helping me to learn the best way they are able to.'
Strong employment outcomes
Our environment graduates have found exciting and diverse opportunities to work in the public, private and not‑for-profit sectors in a range of fields, including: wildlife conservation and management, environmental management and sustainability, fisheries and aquaculture, marine biology, agriculture and natural resources management.
Links with industry
Our staff have relationships with organisations like the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Parks Victoria and the Department of Primary Industries to ensure our courses are up-to-date with industry trends.
Environment courses at Deakin have a core professional placement unit, with students completing placements in local, state and federal government, as well as a range of high-profile organisations, including:
- Zoos Victoria
- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
- Parks Victoria
- Biosis-Environmental Consulting.
#1 university for student satisfaction
Get an experience at Deakin that is like no other. Join us to see for yourself why our students have voted us #1 for student satisfaction in Victoria for 12 years running^.
Study environmental science
Play a vital role in creating a sustainable future for our planet. Deakin's courses in environmental science have a strong focus on fieldwork and practical experiences. Study areas include sustainability, wildlife and conservation and ecosystems.
Life and environmental science facilities
Explore Deakin's life and environmental science facilities at our Melbourne Burwood Campus, featuring modern labs and equipment, and the ability to conduct practical work in the natural reserve and creek right by campus.
Experience the world while you study
Deakin offers a variety of overseas study programs, including the Global Citizenship Program and international volunteering opportunities. Environment students have studied in a diverse range of countries like New Zealand, Canada, the US and Costa Rica.
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See the unique experiences that students have on field trips, environmental orientated pursuits we're up to and the things we find interesting.
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Footnotes
^Year on year, our undergraduate students are the most-satisfied students of all Victorian universities. Australian Graduate Survey 2010–2015, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2016–2021 (GOS), Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT).