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University of Newcastle

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Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation

  • Bachelor

The impacts of climate variability and climate change are affecting our lives like never before. There is an urgent need to better understand, quantify, and adapt to climate-related risks.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time, 8 years part-time
Course Code
40245, 102644D
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
International Fees
$41,035 per year / $123,105 total
ATAR
65

About this course

The impacts of climate variability and climate change are affecting our lives like never before. There is an urgent need to better understand, quantify, and adapt to climate-related risks.

The Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation is a specialised degree which will allow you to turn your passion into practice by providing you with fundamental tools to tackle the many challenges associated with quantifying and dealing with climate-related risks. You will learn how to assess the impacts of climate variability and change. You will also learn how to develop adaptation strategies (eg infrastructure, planning policy) that not only reduce the economic, environmental, and social costs of climate hazards, but are also optimal and robust across a range of plausible futures.

As part of this degree, you have the opportunity to tailor your studies to meet your career aspirations through elective pathways.

Study locations

Newcastle - Callaghan

What you will learn

This program incorporates courses from multidisciplinary study areas and provides a broad range of programs to complement your career aspirations. Key areas of study include:

  • Climate change and resource management
  • Risk, vulnerability, adaptation and resilience
  • Water, energy and food security
  • Climate and energy
  • Earth processes (including climatic, hydrological, coastal, soil)
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Human geography
  • Spatial science
  • Statistics

As part of this degree, you have the opportunity to tailor your studies to meet your career aspirations through elective pathways such as:

  • Biodiversity and conservation
  • Coastal and marine science
  • Indigenous studies
  • Mathematics
  • Politics and international relations
  • Psychological studies
  • Social sciences
  • Statistics

View the full course list

Career pathways

Graduates of the Bachelor of Climate Science and Adaptation can go on to work in a diverse range of areas including:

  • air quality control
  • climate and energy
  • climate action and resilience
  • climate change operations
  • climate change policy
  • climatology
  • ecology
  • energy and resources
  • environmental impact and assessment
  • laboratory and research work
  • meteorology

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Agriculture & Environmental Studies courses at University of Newcastle.
86.4%
Overall satisfaction
86.4%
Skill scale
72.9%
Teaching scale
64.6%
Employed full-time
$60.1k
Average salary