BP000 - Bachelor of Environment and Society

IMPORTANT - Understand your program requirements:

It’s very important to follow the sequence of your program, completing courses as listed, along with the correct number of Electives and/or Program Options. Unless given permission, you can’t enrol in courses which do not contribute to the requirements of the award. Overenrolling unnecessarily could result in additional tuition fee costs and take you longer to complete your program

If you wish to study additional courses that are not part of your program, you will be unable to study those additional courses and receive Commonwealth support. This is because the additional courses do not contribute towards your degree.  See here for further information.

Additional courses may be studied via Single and Short Courses.

If you’re unsure of what you need to do to complete your program, get in contact with your Program Manager to discuss the remaining requirements of your program.

Delivery modes:

The vast majority of course offerings throughout this program are delivered in a standard timetabled mode, where you’ll attend class at the same time each week during the semester. These are indicated below with the code FF (Face-to-Face). This real-time delivery mode generally has an on-campus experience, however some classes may be taken virtually/remotely. Details will be provided through the timetabling system closer to the start of semester. 

Other delivery modes exist and are indicated below with the following codes:

• INT-Internet - Classes are taught solely online and may be self-paced.
• WIL-Work Integrated Learning - Refers to a Work Integrated Learning (Practical Placement) course. Do not enrol in any WIL courses until your final year, unless you have approval from the Work Integrated Learning Coordinator.
• ISV-Intensive - Classes not offered every week, and instead they may run over several weekends or Fri-Sat-Sun.
• WKSH-Workshop - Interactive workshops.
• STEM - Courses managed and delivered by the STEM College.

Commencing Students:

• Students commencing in Semester 1 should enrol into the relevant courses running in Semester 1 as per the below enrolment program structure.
• Students commencing in Semester 2 should enrol into the relevant courses running in Semester 2 as per the below enrolment program structure.  The order in which Semester 2 commencing students complete their courses will be different to students who begin in Semester 1.

Existing Students:

• Please note: several program structural changes have been active since 2021, all courses previously studied will be recognised in the new structure.
• Follow the new program structure as closely as possible and contact your program manager if unclear or for further academic advice.

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Year One of Program

Year One commencing students must complete the following courses:

Semester 1 

• ENVI1041 Environmental Ideas and Action
• ENVI1153 Sustainable Futures
• ENVI1211 Environmental Processes and Change
• POLI1025 Power and Governance

Semester 2  

• ENVI1043 Ecological Foundations of Planning
• HUSO2341 The Urban Age
• SOCU2112 Global Political Economy
• One Program Option Course/Language Option Course

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the following courses:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from the list of Language Option Courses at the end of this program structure:

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Year Two of Program

Year Two students must complete the following courses:

Semester 1 

• ENVI1137 Communicating Sustainability
• ENVI1051 Environmental Economics
• HUSO2166 Foundations of Social Research
• University Elective or Language Option Course

Semester 2 

• ENVI1212 Climate Change Responses
• ENVI1196 Environmental Systems Analysis
• ENVI1050 Policy in Practice
• ENVI1048 Building Responsible Relationships with First Peoples and Country  

   

Please note: The introduction of Indigenous Peoples and the Environment (ENVI1048) is a Year Two core course to replace a University Elective effective as of Semester 1, 2021.

University Electives:

Information about University Elective courses at RMIT is available on the University Electives web site.

Please contact your respective program manager for further information if you require academic advice on your enrolment at bp000.pm@rmit.edu.au

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from any:

Select and Complete One (1) Course from the list of Language Option Courses at the end of this program structure:

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Year Three of Program

• ENVI1213 Environment Capstone Project is the capstone course, and you should enrol in this course in your final semester of your final year.

You must complete ENVI1062 Client Based Research (Environment) in Year 3 Semester 1 as a pre-requisite for ENVI1213 Environment Capstone Project.   

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from any:

Select and Complete Two (2) Courses from the list of Language Option Courses at the end of this program structure:

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Language Option Courses

Please note: The language option courses listed are the ones that run in Semester 1 or Semester 2 2024.  For the full range of language option courses, please refer to the program structure.

List of Language Option Courses:

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