Samuel MillarFinal year student

Green avenues for studentsBachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Social Science (Environment) 

 

‘60% of the world’s major ecosystem goods and services have…been degraded or used unsustainably.’

(UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005)

‘We currently using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities…

Business as usual projections estimate that we will need the equivalent of two planets by 2030 to meet our annual demands.’

(WWF 2012)

7 Billion People 9 Billion People by 2050(OECD 2012)

Source: WWF

Our Sustainability Challenges

RMIT Environment Degrees

Bachelor of Social Science (Environment) • Connect with global and urban environmental issues in politics, culture, economics,

social trends and ecology to lead and advocate for social change

Bachelor of Environmental Science • Evaluate and analyse the scientific effects of pollution, ecology, and human impact

Double Degrees:

Bachelor of Environmental Science / Bachelor of Social Science (Environment) • Combines environmental science with social, policy and environmental management

Bachelor of Environmental Science/Bachelor of Business (Management)• Help companies develop management plans to account for their environmental impact

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Opportunities, Challenges & Rewards

Overseas Exchange

Overseas Subject Opportunities:- Environment Policy Project

Vietnam

Networking:- The Social Environment Network- The Social Environment Student Association• Critical Thinking

• Systematic Thinking

Environment Career Choice Influences

1. Doing some good for society and/or the Earth

2. An international issue

3. An issue in Australia

4. A local issue

It starts with an opportunity and applied passion prior to university