Science and environment

Play a role in the future

Through understanding how human societies interact with and impact on the environment, you'll be able to develop and implement strategies to manage and protect our natural resources into the future.

Essential hands-on experience

You'll be part of our employability program and gain hands-on experience with industry partners. Your final year will include a 'capstone' experience where you have the option to engage with university research, undertake an extended fieldwork program in your major, or complete an industry placement.

Honours

From the end of your third year, providing you're eligible, you'll have the option to transfer to an honours program and complete an honours research project.

Professional Recognition

Our Griffith Bachelor of Environmental Science is accredited by the Environment Institute and Australia and New Zealand.

Combine with data science

You can combine your science or environmental science degree with our unique data science degree. Broaden your career options and develop a specialised skillset that can be applied to your chosen major of study.

5-Star Rated

Science at Griffith is rated 5-stars for Educational Experience and Teaching Quality by the Good Universities Guide 2020, a leading independent provider of high-quality education and career information.

Committed to sustainability

With teaching focused on natural, social and economic aspects of the environment, Griffith is committed to sustainability. As a graduate, you'll have the skills and knowledge to manage ecosystems, monitor water quality and carry out environmental assessments.

Nature Index Rising Star

Griffith researchers are providing scientific solutions to global challenges through our research. Griffith was named in Nature, the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal, as the Nature Index Rising Star for the Oceania region in 2018.

Study your way

You can create your course timetable to fit in with your job or your travel plans, just ask us how. With the flexibility of studying part-time or full-time, over two or three trimesters, you have choices.