Bachelor of Environment and Society
Course details
| NZQF Level | 7 |
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About the course
Is there a more pressing question today than how we can live more collaboratively and restoratively with our planet? If you’re looking for a degree to prepare you to make a positive difference and help to address global social, environmental and indigenous issues, this is it.
NOTE: This programme will be closed to new enrolments from 2023 onwards but watch this space for information on similar study options in 2024.
Our world faces many challenges. To analyse and design solutions for them requires skilled critical thinkers with the appropriate knowledge, alongside multi-disciplinary expertise and determination.
This degree focuses on the global issues that really matter. Flexibility is built into the programme, with the option to include an additional major in areas like water management, parks, outdoor recreation, commerce, tourism and marketing.
How you’ll grow
- Gain the critical skills and analytical abilities to understand and confront environmental issues.
- Expand your appreciation of diverse historical, sociological, geographical, philosophical and psychological perspectives.
- Cultivate the wide-ranging critical thinking skills that are in high demand with employers everywhere.
- Nurture your abilities to create, promote and extend positive societal change.
Career opportunities
Your expertise will be highly sought-after in social and environmental planning, policy development and analysis, water management, land-use and resource planning, indigenous engagement and more.
> Lincoln’s Bachelor of Environment and Society helped me develop my interests in ecology and psychology into something I can put to use to making a practical difference. This degree is ideal for anyone with multiple interests and a passion for making the world a better place.
Zee Hammond-Walker
Bachelor of Environment and Society
About the provider
Lincoln University is one of the eight government universities in New Zealand. Established in 1878, it is governed by the Lincoln University Council.
Based in Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand, Lincoln offers a unique experience, a perfect balance of student and academic life and a host of recreation activities around the region.
The institution is rated the 15th best small university in the world by the QS World University Rankings. It is home to a diverse group of nearly 4,500 students who come from more than 80 different countries around the world.
Lincoln graduates have a 6 percent higher employment rate than those from other New Zealand universities and the number of students graduating from Lincoln is higher than the national average.
Students can choose from a wide range of specialist courses from three faculties and one division – the Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce; the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences; the Faculty of Environment, Society and Design; and the University Studies and English Language Division.
Lincoln has dedicated itself towards undertaking meaningful research that makes a globally positive impact. Its sustainable approach and commitment towards handling climate change issues have attracted many postgraduate students studying at the institution.
The university also engages in other land-based research and hosts a range of research centres, including food research and innovation, land, environment and people, wildlife management and conservation, and soil and environmental research.
The university shares ties with leading organisations as well as research centres, which help students gain additional skills and knowledge through practical learning experiences.
The Lincoln University Students' Association (LUSA) is an active student body that governs a variety of clubs and organisations on campus.