Bachelor of Social Science
Environment
& Heritage
Bachelor of Social Science
(Environment & Heritage)
Campus: Cairns; Townsville
Mode: on campus; full time or part time
Duration: 3 years full time
Prerequisites: English
Mid-year entry: Yes
QTAC codes: Cairns 321261; Townsville 311261
What is Environment and Heritage?
Career opportunities
Our world needs people with the skills to understand and manage
changing natural and socio-cultural environments. This course explores
the relationship between environmental issues, cultural heritage, and
questions of long-term sustainability.
Graduates have skills that are transferable across many sectors,
including government, education, the arts, business, and industry.
Major overview
This course introduces you to the different knowledge and methods used
to preserve important natural and cultural landscapes. You’ll select a
range of subjects with an environmental and/or heritage focus, gaining
valuable skills in the management of unique socio-cultural and natural
environments. Research projects in the final year will give you hands-on
exposure to relevant sectors and issues. Through this course, students
will gain an appreciation of Australia’s unique natural and social diversity,
as well as knowledge of vital sustainability and preservation issues in the
wider tropical region.
Areas covered include the rights and ethical responsibilities of preserving
remnants of past sites and environments, government and nongovernment roles in promoting the preservation of important natural areas
and landscapes, and the value of Australia’s unique Indigenous histories
and cultures.
Major highlights
Students at James Cook University have access to some of the most
spectacular environments on earth, including the World Heritage-listed
Great Barrier Reef and the rainforests of the Wet Tropics Region, tropical
savannah, and wetland environments.
Students also benefit from JCU’s close links with leading environmental
management agencies such as the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Authority, Wet Tropics Management Authority, Queensland’s Department
of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, and the
Environmental Protection Agency. Links with these organisations
translate into exciting and relevant work-experience placements and
project-work opportunities.
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You have the opportunity to select subjects in your key interest
areas. Depending on your course of study, you may be able to work
as an environment and heritage officer in government departments,
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