Environmental Science

If you have a passion for science, sustainability and want to play a part in solving the environmental problems facing our society, then the Diploma in Environmental Science is a great place to start. You'll learn to understand and combat the critical issues placing a growing strain on the earth’s natural resources such as climate change, human impacts, and the biodiversity crisis. Choose to study across a range of disciplines including ecosystems, human geography, oceans and environmental values and ethics.

What you will study

The Diploma in Environmental Science has been designed to give you a core knowledge base where you’ll learn academic literacy, research and discipline-specific skills needed for further study. You’ll complete a short list of directed courses, providing you with a taste of discipline areas within our Environmental Science and Management, Climate Science and Adaptation or Coastal and Marine Science degrees. The Diploma in Environmental Science offers a guaranteed entry pathway into the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management, the Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation, or the Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science.

Study areas:

• Climate Science

• Coastal and Marine Science

Why study with us

• Environmental Science

• Science and the Environment

• Guaranteed degree entry – Complete the Diploma in Environmental Science and receive guaranteed entry into the Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation, the Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science, the Development Studies, or the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management.

• Receive credit – Receive up to 80 units credit towards an undergraduate degree.

• No extra time or cost – Depending on which degree you would like to move into after the Diploma, it may be possible to complete your degree in the standard, minimum timeframe. Also, for any courses for which you receive credit, you don’t have to pay for those again once you get into your degree.

• Extensive Support – Gain additional support through pathways courses which develop foundational degree skills in smaller class sizes. The support offered in a Diploma helps students transition into larger classes alongside undergraduate students and experience study as you would in an undergraduate degree program.

• Diversify your skills and knowledge – Get a taste of the different environmental science disciplines with our directed course list.

Career opportunities

Professionals in Science work in a large range of areas including:

• Earth sciences (including geology)

• Environmental health and sustainability

Environmental impact and assessment

Environmental science

• Laboratory and research work

• Marine biology

• Mining and exploration

Teaching

Urban and regional planning

Writing

If you have a passion for science and want to explore your interests further and make an impact, then the Diploma in Science is a great place to start. Through fieldwork and lab work you’ll have plenty of opportunities to help make life-changing discoveries. Choose to study across a range of disciplines including biodiversity and conservation, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, food

What you will study

The Diploma in Science has been designed to give you a core knowledge base where you’ll learn academic literacy, research and disciplinespecific skills needed for further study. You’ll complete a short list of directed courses, providing you with a taste of discipline areas including biodiversity and conservation, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, food science, geography, earth science and psychology. The Diploma in Science offers a guaranteed entry pathway into the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Biotechnology, the Bachelor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, or the Bachelor of Psychology.

Study areas:

• Biology

• Biotechnology

• Chemistry

• Environmental science

• Food science

• Nutrition

Why study with us

• Physics

• Plant science

• Psychological science

• Psychology

• Science

• Guaranteed degree entry – Complete the Diploma in Science and receive a guaranteed entry into the Bachelor of Biotechnology, the Bachelor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, the Bachelor of Science, or the Bachelor of Psychological Science.

• Receive credit – Receive up to 80 units credit towards an undergraduate degree.

• No extra time or cost – Depending on which degree you would like to move into after the Diploma, it may be possible to complete your degree in the standard, minimum timeframe. Also, for any courses for which you receive credit, you don’t have to pay for those again once you get into your degree.

• Extensive Support – Gain additional support through pathways courses which develop foundational degree skills in smaller class sizes. The support offered in a Diploma helps students transition into larger classes alongside undergraduate students and experience study as you would in an undergraduate degree program.

• Diversify your skills and knowledge – Get a taste of the different science disciplines with our directed course list.

Career opportunities

There’s no one type of scientist and career opportunities are always evolving. You might work in a lab, discovering life-changing scientific breakthroughs. You could work in science education, sharing your passion and knowledge with the next generation. Maybe you see yourself using science to shape government policy, or something else entirely. Science gives you the flexibility to explore a path that’s right for you.