Bachelor of Environmental Science and Management / Bachelor of Business

Become a leader in the business of sustainability

Do you have a passion for science and sustainability? Want to play a part in solving the environmental problems facing our society? This combined degree can help set you on a leadership path in this fast-growing industry.

When you combine these skills with a broad knowledge of local and global business environments, you expand your commercial and entrepreneurial opportunities in the environmental space – and maximise your employability when you graduate.

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. Gain experience in management-based skills to help protect our environment. Both now and into the future.

Course overview

Specialise your studies by choosing majors from each program:

Business majors (60 units):

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Politics and International Relations
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Leadership and Management
• Marketing
• Tourism and Event Management

Environmental Science and Management majors (80 units):

• Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Marine Science and Management
• Natural Resources and Hazards
• Sustainability

Eligibility for admission to this program is based on applicants meeting the minimum selection rank, or satisfying the requirements for an approved admission scheme.

The University of Newcastle accepts a range of qualifications to determine eligibility for admission. These include, but are not limited to, Australian or overseas senior secondary qualifications (such as the HSC), prior tertiary studies, prior TAFE/VET studies, and completed enabling programs.

For further information on the pathways that are available to you, please refer to:

• Domestic Applicants
• International Applicants

Overall minimum: 6

Sub test minimum: 6

Graduates of this combined degree go on to work in a diverse range of areas. You might work for government departments or councils, for non-government-organisations, or in private industry.

Professional outcomes: