Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Bachelor of Environment and Society | |
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Qualification Type | Bachelor Degree | |
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Level | 7 | |
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Credits | 360 | |
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
Bachelor of Environment and Society (BEnvSoc) graduates will have the skills and understanding to address pressing local and global environmental issues, grounded in an appreciation of their place in Aotearoa New Zealand. They will have a broad interdisciplinary foundation spanning from earth systems to equity and social change, fostering an understanding of relationships between people and their environments. Graduates will understand the relationships between environmental values, ethics, knowledge and governance and appreciate how Te Tiriti o Waitangi and matauranga Maori can underpin environmental decision-making in Aotearoa. Through completion of a specialised major, graduates will have expert knowledge and skills grounded in these perspectives. BEnvSoc graduates will possess strong critical, creative thinking and problem-solving skills, capable of analysing, evaluating, and communicating complex real-world issues. They will bring familiarity with a variety of ways of approaching environmental issues and the capability of applying methods appropriate to their major's discipline, working collaboratively in teams, and communicating insights for a range of audiences.
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Graduate profile |
A combination of assignments, including online exercises and activities, essays, laboratory and field assessments, in-class tests, examinations, oral presentations, individual and group research, and a team-based capstone project.
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Entry Requirements |
A New Zealand university entrance qualification or equivalent.
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Education Organisation | No organisations currently offer this qualification. | |
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Developed By | Victoria University of Wellington | |
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Quality Assured By | Committee on University Academic Programmes | |
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Number | VI006A | |
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Status | Current | |
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Created | 2024-11-01 15:13:59.327 | |
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Content |
The degree consists of a common core of courses, supplemented by a specialist environment-appropriate major. In addition, students will be able to take additional majors, minors, or elective courses. The core of the degree introduces fundamental concepts of society, sustainability, the physical and biological environment, and how societies interact with, care for, and modify their environments; as well as how environments shape and influence how societies evolve. The degree will introduce a variety of perspectives of understanding the natural world and our relationship to it, with a focus on te ao Maori, and how these perspectives influence environmental management and policy. The core allows students to explore ways of understanding, critically analysing, researching and explaining the environment through methodologies relevant to their chosen major. The final capstone courses bring the students from each major together in teams to tackle environment and society research projects using the range of perspectives from the different disciplines of the majors.
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