Undergraduate · Environmental Science
Bachelor of Science (Marine Science)
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Science (Marine Science) at UWA benefits from an unusually good stretch of coastline right on its doorstep: Perth sits between the temperate Indian Ocean reefs of Rottnest and the Ningaloo Reef further north, one of the largest fringing coral reefs in the world and considerably less studied and less crowded than the Great Barrier Reef, which gives UWA marine science students field research opportunities in relatively pristine reef systems that eastern-states marine science programs simply don't have local access to.
The course combines core marine biology and oceanography with UWA's own strengths in areas like fish ecology and coral reef research, and field components take advantage of WA's marine research stations and the university's own vessel-based and reef-based fieldwork rather than relying purely on aquarium or lab-based teaching.
Graduates move into marine research, fisheries and conservation management roles, often with WA state agencies managing the Ningaloo and Rottnest marine parks, as well as into further postgraduate marine science research both in Australia and internationally.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
3 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Introduction to Marine Science, Biology foundation units, Chemistry, Earth and Ocean Systems
- Year 2: Marine Ecology, Oceanography, Marine Invertebrate and Vertebrate Biology, field-based practical units
- Year 3: Coral Reef Ecology, Fisheries Science, Marine Conservation and Policy, capstone field research project
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 (WACE or equivalent); ATAR of approximately 85+ with prerequisite Mathematics Methods and a science subject.