Bachelor of Science in Sustainability Studies

High quality, integrative research plays a critical role in identifying pathways towards sustainability. The Sustainability Studies major builds the fundamental understandings and skills necessary to develop research projects that effectively address complex problems of environment and sustainable development. It focuses on a core set of research skills- and design-based courses, with key choices in areas of quantitative, qualitative and spatial approaches. The skills developed in these courses are extended and applied in a wide range of research and policy relevant courses. This is a 'hands-on' major, with many opportunities to conduct small-scale research built into its components.The major is intended to complement more topic-related minors (e.g. Soil and Land Management, Climate Science and Policy, Environmental Policy) by developing and strengthening broad-based research skills and embedding them in an understanding of the role of research in addressing complex sustainability issues. Its completion at the appropriate level is good preparation for fourth-year Honours, and is recommended for students considering a sustainability-related career or research higher degree.Learning OutcomesBuild an understanding of the role of research in sustainability, both within and beyond academic domains.Learn and apply the fundamental skills and processes of research design, as they apply to sustainability-related challenges.Learn and apply a range of research methods from different disciplines.Integrate different forms of disciplinary research into more complex, problem-oriented approaches.

Applicants who complete a recognised secondary senior secondary post-secondary tertiary sequence of study will be assessed on the basis of an equivalent selection rank that is calculated upon application.ATAR - 80.International Baccalaureate - 29.