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Our natural landscapes face challenges like never before. We need agile, dynamic and innovative custodians of the land, its biodiversity and its heritage.
That’s where we come in. At Charles Sturt University we have a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that put sustainability, biodiversity, conservation, and wildlife and heritage management at the heart of your learning. As Australia’s largest regional university, we’re located within some of the country’s most fascinating and engaging environments. Whether you’re an on-campus student, or an online student meeting up for residential school study sessions, you’ll get some dust on your boots and dirt on your hands.
Our graduates work in some of the most spectacular natural landscapes in Australia and overseas. Imagine if your ‘office’ was a national park, a remote mountain range, a rainforest or a river system. Picture where an environmental science or outdoor education degree could take you.
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Environmental science and sustainable development
Outdoor recreation and ecotourism
Spatial science
Wildlife and conservation
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Outdoor recreation and ecotourism
Get your hands dirty with an outdoors career
Share your passion for the great outdoors. Our outdoor recreation and ecotourism courses combine studies of the natural environment with recreation, education and adventure skills, enabling you to share the wonders of unique environments with others while fostering a respect for and protection of natural and cultural environments. You could work in outdoor education centres, outdoor adventure companies and government organisations. You could conduct outdoor education programs, school camps or sport and fitness programs, or lead tours to wild and remote areas. At Charles Sturt University, you can start or enhance your career literally in the field.
Start your career
A rewarding career can be yours – all you have to do is start now. Courses packed with hands-on experience mean you’ll be highly sought after by industry. And with the highest graduate employment rate in Australia, you can be confident Charles Sturt University is the right uni to prepare you for the workforce. When you study with Charles Sturt University, your career starts from day one.
Advance your career
Take your career to the next level with Charles Sturt University’s range of postgraduate degrees. Through supported online learning you can balance work, study and life. Our flexible learning options allow you to focus on your career – while furthering it. Whether you want to advance your career, consolidate your skills or just keep learning, our postgraduate courses will keep you moving forward.
Wildlife and conservation
Get in touch with nature in a rewarding career
The natural world faces greater challenges than ever before. Those challenges are, to a large extent, created by humans. But that means the solution will come from us as well. From generating new knowledge for protecting animal species to ensuring natural environments retain their unique characteristics, we need people who respect and value the natural world to step up and make a difference. With a degree from Charles Sturt University, that can be you.
Start your career
A rewarding career can be yours – all you have to do is start now. Courses packed with hands-on experience mean you’ll be highly sought after by industry. And with the highest graduate employment rate in Australia, you can be confident Charles Sturt University is the right uni to prepare you for the workforce. When you study with Charles Sturt University, your career starts from day one.
Advance your career
Take your career to the next level with Charles Sturt University’s range of postgraduate degrees. Through supported online learning you can balance work, study and life. Our flexible learning options allow you to focus on your career – while furthering it. Whether you want to advance your career, consolidate your skills or just keep learning, our postgraduate courses will keep you moving forward.
Environmental science and sustainable development
Protect and preserve natural environments
Put sustainability, biodiversity and conservation at the heart of your career. Careers in environmental and sustainable development could include analysing current practices, developing strategies for future use of the environment, researching new techniques and systems, or providing consultancy services to people, groups or organisations who use the natural environment. Our graduates get jobs ranging from international environmental consultants and park rangers, to biodiversity officers with local government. A degree from Charles Sturt University includes knowledge and skills applicable across a range of settings so when it comes to where you work, the world is your oyster.
Spatial science
Go further with a spatial science career
Where would we be without maps? Lost, that’s where. Today, the art of mapping and geographical analysis has come a long way, and Charles Sturt University’s courses give you the very latest knowledge and techniques, across disciplines such as land mapping, satellite and aerial photographic image processing, remote sensing, land and resource management, and spatial data analysis. And the applications of spatial science are broad, ranging across many industries in both government and private enterprises.
Start your career
A rewarding career can be yours – all you have to do is start now. Courses packed with hands-on experience mean you’ll be highly sought after by industry. And with the highest graduate employment rate in Australia, you can be confident Charles Sturt University is the right uni to prepare you for the workforce. When you study with Charles Sturt University, your career starts from day one.
Advance your career
Take your career to the next level with Charles Sturt University’s range of postgraduate degrees. Through supported online learning you can balance work, study and life. Our flexible learning options allow you to focus on your career – while furthering it. Whether you want to advance your career, consolidate your skills or just keep learning, our postgraduate courses will keep you moving forward.
All Environmental science and outdoor recreation courses
Start your career
A rewarding career can be yours – all you have to do is start now. Courses packed with hands-on experience mean you’ll be highly sought after by industry. And with the highest graduate employment rate in Australia, you can be confident Charles Sturt University is the right uni to prepare you for the workforce. When you study with Charles Sturt University, your career starts from day one.
Advance your career
Take your career to the next level with Charles Sturt University’s range of postgraduate degrees. Through supported online learning you can balance work, study and life. Our flexible learning options allow you to focus on your career – while furthering it. Whether you want to advance your career, consolidate your skills or just keep learning, our postgraduate courses will keep you moving forward.
Make a real difference and work towards a sustainable future with a Charles Sturt University degree
Ever since she was a child, Anna has had a passion for the natural environment and helping make our lifestyle more sustainable. Anna has travelled overseas and learned lots while studying a degree in environmental science and management at Charles Sturt University
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