At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.
Applicants must present a Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0, with at least 8 courses in a cognate area.
Academic IELTS and IELTS Indicator: An overall score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component of the test.
TOEFL - internet based test : An overall score of 80, with a minimum of 20 in Reading and Writing and 18 in Speaking and Listening.
PTE Academic: An overall score of 64 with a minimum score of 55 in each of the communicative skills.
TOEFL - paper based test: A score of 570 with a TWE* score of 4.5.
Cambridge CAE Advanced (Post 2015): An overall score of 176 with a minimum of 169 in all sub-skills.
Shape a sustainable future for our planet with the ANU Master of Environmental Science.
You’ll be studying at one of the top 10 universities in the world for environmental science, developing your breadth of knowledge in environmental science and its applications, and depth in aspects of one or more of the biological, earth and environmental or ecological environmental sciences.
CRICOS CODE: 082297K
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Program Requirements
The Master of Environmental Science requires the completion of 96 units, of which:
A minimum of 24 units must come from completion of 8000-level courses.
The 96 units of courses must consist of:
Either:
Environmental Biology
A minimum of 12 units from completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL8700 Research Proposal
BIOL8706 Biology Research Project
A minimum of 36 units from completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Physiological Ecology
BIOL6004 Ecology
BIOL6006 Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Australian Vertebrates
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL6116 Marine Conservation Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Urban Systems
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Water Science
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6201 Biodiversity Science: Wildlife, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6202 Environmental Measurement, Modelling and Monitoring
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6218 Environmental Science Field School
ENVS6223 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6311 Severe Weather
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6319 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A: Short Research Project
EMSC6041 Seminar B: Short Research Project
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: an introduction to Earth system science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
Or:
Environmental and Ecological Science
A minimum of 12 units from completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
A minimum of 36 units from completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Urban Systems
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Water Science
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6201 Biodiversity Science: Wildlife, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6202 Environmental Measurement, Modelling and Monitoring
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6218 Environmental Science Field School
ENVS6223 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6311 Severe Weather
ENVS6319 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Physiological Ecology
BIOL6004 Ecology
BIOL6006 Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Vertebrate Biology
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Biology
BIOL6116 Marine Conservation Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A: Short Research Project
EMSC6041 Seminar B: Short Research Project
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: an introduction to Earth system science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
Or:
Environmental Earth Science
12 units from completion of EMSC8030 Earth Science Research Project
A minimum of 36 units from completion of Environmental Earth Science courses from the following list:
EMSC6014 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
EMSC6015 Chemistry of Planet Earth
EMSC6019 Geobiology and Evolution of Life on Earth
EMSC6021 Fundamentals of Climate System Science
EMSC6023 Marine Biogeochemistry
EMSC6025 Groundwater
EMSC6027 Palaeoclimatology and Climate Change
EMSC6032 Melting Polar Ice Sheets, Sea Level Variations and Climate Change
EMSC6040 Seminar A: Short Research Project
EMSC6041 Seminar B: Short Research Project
EMSC6107 The Blue Planet: an introduction to Earth system science
EMSC8014 Special Topics in Earth Science
EMSC8018 Advanced Water and Marine Geosciences
EMSC8706 Introduction to Natural Hazards
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental and Ecological Science courses from the following list:
ENVS6005 Sustainable Urban Systems
ENVS6015 GIS and Spatial Analysis
ENVS6020 Human Ecology
ENVS6022 Water Science
ENVS6024 Biodiversity Conservation
ENVS6025 Complex Environmental Problems in Action
ENVS6026 Managing Forested Landscapes
ENVS6103 Introduction to Environmental and Social Research
ENVS6104 Australia's Environment
ENVS6201 Biodiversity Science: Wildlife, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology
ENVS6202 Environmental Measurement, Modelling and Monitoring
ENVS6204 Weather, Climate and Fire
ENVS6218 Environmental Science Field School
ENVS6223 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
ENVS6301 Climate Change Science & Policy in Practice
ENVS6303 Climatology
ENVS6304 Land and Catchment Management
ENVS6306 Human Futures
ENVS6307 Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS6308 Fire in the Environment
ENVS6311 Severe Weather
ENVS6514 Ecological Assessment and Management
ENVS6319 Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS
ENVS6529 Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction
ENVS6555 Water Management
ENVS8003 Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
A minimum of 12 units from the completion of Environmental Biology courses from the following list:
BIOL6002 Plants: Genes to Environment
BIOL6003 Plant Physiological Ecology
BIOL6004 Ecology
BIOL6006 Genetics
BIOL6010 Field Studies in Behavioural Ecology
BIOL6106 Biosecurity
BIOL6111 Vertebrate Biology
BIOL6113 Invertebrate Biology
BIOL6116 Marine Conservation Ecology
BIOL6125 Plants and Global Climate Change
BIOL6161 Genes: Replication and Expression
BIOL6162 Molecular Gene Technology
BIOL6177 Advances in Molecular Plant Science
BIOL6191 Biology, Society and Ethics
BIOL6201 Big Questions in Biology
BIOL6202 Experimental Design and Analysis in Biology
BIOL6206 Evolution of Biodiversity
BIOL6631 Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology
BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
A maximum of 24 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ANTH6026 Medicine, Healing and the Body
ANTH6064 Anthropology of Environmental Disasters
ANTH8014 Mining, Community and Society
ANTH8047 Land Rights and Resource Development
ARCH6022 Study Tour: Cultural Landscapes and Environmental Change
ARCH6108 Animals, Plants & People
BIAN6013 Human Evolution
BIAN6119 Nutrition, Disease and the Environment
BIAN6120 Culture, Biology & Population Dynamics
BIAN6124 Evolution and Human Behaviour
BIAN6510 Scientific Dating in Archaeology and Palaeoenvironmental Studies
BIAN6512 Ancient Health & Disease
BIAN6513 Primate Evolutionary Biology
BIAN6514 Primate Ecology and Behaviour
BIAN6515 Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
BIAN6517 Human Skeletal Analysis
BIAN6518 Analysis of Mammalian Remains
BIAN6519 Ancient Medicine
BIAN6520 Primate Conservation Biology
ENGN6516 Energy Resources and Renewable Technologies
ENVS6013 Society and Environmental Change
ENVS6014 Qualitative Research Methods for Sustainability
ENVS6017 Vietnam Field School
ENVS6021 Participatory Resource Management: Working with Communities and Stakeholders
ENVS6033 International Environmental Policy
ENVS6205 Island Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
ENVS6315 Essentials of Environmental Law
ENVS6528 Environmental Policy
ENVS8016 Contemporary Perspectives in Environment-Society Interaction
LAWS8037 Sustainable Energy Law
LAWS8111 Environmental Regulation
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
MATH6100 Bioinformatics and Biological Modelling
MATH6102 Environmental Modelling and Integrated Assessment
MATH6103 Scientific and Industrial Modelling
SCOM6027 Science and Public Policy
Students must have completed a minimum of 42 units in order to attempt courses from the following list:
BIOL8700 Research Proposal
BIOL8706 Biology Research Project
EMSC8030 Earth Science Research Project
ENVS8015 Contemporary Perspectives in Environmental Science
ENVS8048 Topics in Environment & Society
A course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.
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