Bachelor of International Relations majoring in Environmental Management

What you'll learn

This three-year degree covers crucial contemporary developments in global politics, with a specific focus on the Indo-Pacific region and Australia’s position within it. You’ll explore globally relevant geopolitical tensions, economic integration, diplomatic strategies, trade relationships and security partnerships. 

You’ll attend research seminars led by visiting scholars and foreign policy professionals. Enjoy lively debates on world events. Interrogate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ethics of war and peace, humanitarian intervention and historical memory. Develop analytical and research writing skills. Unpack your personal values and biases.  

Your learning will be informed by cutting-edge research. You’ll be taught by research-active scholars, including two editors-in-chief of Australia’s premier academic journal in international relations. High-achieving students may even have opportunities to benefit from summer research scholarships.  

In the Environmental Management major, you’ll evaluate different methods for meeting the environmental challenges we face as a society. You’ll interact with people from all around the world, growing your cross-cultural understanding and learning from their unique approaches.  

You’ll study future-focused courses, including: 

• Economy, environment and place 
• Physical geography and human environmental impacts 
• Environmental management 
• Climate change 
• Cities and sustainability 
• Tourism and environment 
• Introduction to environmental impact assessment 
• Food security.  

Through investigations, case studies, simulations, field trips and collaborative group projects, you’ll explore: 

• Alternative pathways to green economies 
• Solutions to environmental problems – locally and globally 
• Degraded water systems in Australia and around the world 
• Aboriginal Peoples' management of the Australian landscape 
• Biodiversity loss, invasive species, wetlands, fire and forest management  
• How land and resource use goals are developed and contested  
• How to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change 
• Consequences of urbanisation and the complex road to sustainable cities 
• The environmental, ecological and social impacts of tourism 
• How people interact with food and water systems. 

We work hard to build your professional skills and connect you with industry. You’ll take career planning courses and undertake a 15-day internship in the field. Or, you can take off on an international study experience.   

Majors 

The Bachelor of International Relations is also available with majors in: 

• History 
• International Development 
• International Security 
• Politics 
• Population and Migration Studies

Or, with a major in another language, such as:  

• Chinese Studies
• French Studies
• German Studies
• Italian Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Spanish Studies.