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Overview  2021

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This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students

NOTE: This course is now in teach-out, new applicants please refer to P3G Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies.

A Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies provides you with more than just knowledge, it gets you thinking about environmental issues and develops your skills to build a better future for us all. There is also no better place to study than Tasmania. The state is a living laboratory, containing a wealth of biodiversity that is accessible straight from the campus door!

As a wide, interdisciplinary degree, you’ll have a wealth of areas to contribute your skills and experience, which are in high demand world-wide as every country has a natural environment which must be managed and protected.

This degree combines a breadth of environmental related disciplines plus gives you the option to widen your studies and include other approaches to the study of wilderness and natural environments.

It is a practical, field science focussed degree, providing many options related to the management and understanding of the natural environment as well as geography and environmental policy.

The structure of the degree ensures that you gain a broad understanding of the field, while being able to specialise in areas of interest.

Areas of study covered by this degree include:

  • Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Earth Science
  • Culture, Society and Nature
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Plant Ecology
  • Animal Ecology

The program also develops a wide range of general abilities including:

  • communication skills,
  • data collection skills,
  • fieldwork skills
  • analytical skills,
  • information retrieval, manipulation and presentation skills, and
  • the ability to work across traditional discipline areas.

Your study experience will be a combination of classroom, laboratory and in-the-field learning.

Tasmania’s Living Laboratory

Tasmania is a living laboratory, with six diverse ecosystems all easily accessible from campus. Combined with our amazing natural resources, and vibrant environmental tourism and management industries you gain the opportunity to work with leading organisations to get real world experience, and network with potential employers while undertaking studies.

"The varied and often unique environments of Tasmania provide an immensely valuable ‘living laboratory’ for ecological research. Practical, field based study is increasingly rare in university courses, but is one area where UTAS excels."

Dr Steve Leonard, Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies graduate

Learn from the best

Our teaching staff bring their cutting-edge findings and examples to the laboratory and classroom. Our well above world-class* research rankings in scientific fields of ecology, physical geography, plant biology, zoology, agriculture, horticulture mean that you’re learning from some of the best in the world in the same environment where they conduct their world-class research.

*Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2015 National Report

STEM Student Ambassadors

Students can also serve as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Student Ambassadors. The goals of the program are to provide exceptional STEM education, outreach and community engagement in schools and elsewhere. The program provides opportunities and experiences that will lead to personal and professional growth for participants, particularly improving public speaking skills.

Overseas Exchange

Our international exchange program offers opportunities for a semester of study at universities around the world. Exchange can allow students to have an affordable educational and cultural experience in a foreign country for a semester or a full year. To facilitate this, we offer a range of scholarships and financial assistance. Participants may be eligible for OS-HELP Loans or scholarship funding to assist with their airfares, accommodation and other expenses.

Find out more about Student Exchange.

Career outcomes

The multi-disciplinary content of the Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies has provided an excellent basis for working with diverse groups on improving ecological management.

Dr Steve Leonard, Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies graduate

This interdisciplinary degree is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that will help them gain employment related to natural environments and wilderness.

Career Opportunities in Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies

This degree provides a great range of employment opportunities as we continue to expand our presence on the earth and need to live in harmony with the natural environment to ensure our survival.

Opportunities include nature-based tourism, natural area management and natural area interpretation, across government, private and not for profit industries.

The broad nature of the degree also provides more general employability in the same way as the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts. The skills you learn are applicable to industries all over the world. Anywhere there is interaction with the natural environment, your skills can be utilised.

Career opportunities with natural environment and wilderness studies include:

  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental organisations and consultancies
  • Land and heritage management
  • Nature-based and eco-tourism
  • Parks planning and management
  • Resource-based industries such as forestry
  • Natural resource management

Course structure

Entry requirements

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

Scholarships

Domestic Students

Each year, the University offers more than 900 awards to students from all walks of life, including: those who have achieved high academic results, those from low socio-economic backgrounds, students with sporting ability, students undertaking overseas study, and students with a disability.

For information on all scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.

Applications for most awards commencing in Semester 1 open at the beginning of August and close strictly on 31 October in the year prior to study.

International students

There are a huge range of scholarships, bursaries and fee discounts available for international students studying at the University of Tasmania. For more information on these, visit the Tasmanian International Scholarships (TIS) website.

How can we help?

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International
+61 3 6226 6200
Email
Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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