Australia's economy is heavily reliant on the export of minerals and there are excellent job prospects in all areas of geoscience. Australia is currently experiencing a minerals boom and the Minerals Council of Australia has concluded that the mining industry will require an increasing number of trained geologists and geoscientists over the next 10 year. Australia is also facing ongoing environmental challenges such as shortage of water, increased salinization of agricultural soils and loss of biodiversity resulting in strong demand for comprehensively trained geoscientists.

This innovative degree provides the opportunity to study in a major in Fossil Fuels, Mineral Deposits or Remediaton and includes topics such as resource geology and environmental issues, optical mineralogy and igneous petrology, carbonate environments, ore deposit geology, exploration and environmental geochemistry among others. The major completed will appear on the academic transcript and testamur. For external study contact the UNE Student Centre.

Intensive mandatory schools may be a requirement of some of the units in this course. See Unit Catalogue for specific requirements.

For students without the recommended background knowledge, the Faculty offers a Foundation unit in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.

Advanced standing may be granted on the basis of previous study completed at recognised tertiary institutions.

There is no Honours year for the Bachelor of GeoScience, however, well-qualified graduates may apply to complete the Bachelor of Science with Honours. BSc(Hons) graduates who achieve the appropriate level of Honours are eligible to apply to enrol for a research Master degree or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

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