Geography and Environmental Science is concerned with the relationships between people and the natural environment. The special character of Geography and Environmental Science lies in the fact that it encourages students to draw on perspectives from both the sciences and the social sciences, towards an integrated understanding of environmental patterns, dynamics and processes, the role of people in environmental change and how people respond to environmental change, the structure and functioning of cities, urban and regional development, geographical patterns of economic activity, geopolitics and development in the Third World.
Within the School at Monash you can specialise in the study of the physical characteristics and history and functioning of the Earth and its environments (‘physical geography’), patterns of economic, social and political activity (‘human geography’), and the ways in which people interact with the natural environment (environmental science and management). The School has also recently introduced a Programme for Australian Indigenous Archaeology to provide a basis for understanding past people-environment relationships.
Employers expect university graduates to have acquired skills that equip them with a range of both general and specialist skills. Read more
The career paths that are available to graduates are determined to some extent by your choice of which study area you choose. View the extensive list of career opportunities in the various study areas. Read more
There is no straightforward answer to this question, although with the competition for jobs being fairly intense there is little doubt that people with higher qualifications will have the edge in many cases. Read more
