You will be equipped to tackle complex issues that impact on our oceans - global climate change, fisheries and food production, maritime pollution and waste management - all intimately linked with the health of the marine environment. You will study biology, coastal physical sciences and coastal management. You will undertake this study in the excellent environmental setting of the Gold Coast, the most rapidly developing region of Australia, which provides ideal learning opportunities for this degree. You will be offered a marine industry placement, through the Industry Affiliates Program, that will expose you to professional activities in fisheries, aquaculture, marine conservation, coastal management and/or coastal engineering. In your first year, you will take core courses that provide the necessary foundations in the basic sciences. In second and third years, you focus on your chosen major. Majors Coastal Physical Science Coastal Resources Management Marine Chemical Sciences Marine Ecology

You will find opportunities in coastal resource management, fisheries laboratories, conservation and pollution control management, coastal physical science (modelling or meteorology), marine science institutes, medium and large consultancy companies, marine parks, education research and specialist marine-focused organisations such as Coastalwatch.