Environmental Planning at Waikato develops your knowledge of how human actions influence local and global environments. We'll inspire you to understand social, economic, and cultural drivers and impacts, and how to design solutions which improve outcomes for nature and society.
Environmental Planning can be taken as part of the internationally recognised and professionally accredited degree:
Bachelor of Environmental Planning
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Climate Change
Bachelor of Social Sciences
Professional Accreditation
If you study Environmental Planning under the Bachelor of Environmental Planning you will gain an internationally recognised qualification that is professionally accredited by the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI). This means that when you graduate you will be work-ready meeting professional standards, preparing you for a wide range of career options in New Zealand and overseas.
Learning isn't all in the classroom, either. We take frequent field trips to explore first-hand the impact humans have on the local environment.
You will gain practical, industry experience across labs, workshops and field trips and also benefit from guest lecturers and practical activities.
The programme has a strong vocational focus and is committed to producing work-ready graduates in line with professional standards. This means that students who graduate with the accredited BEP degree are in very high demand in the workforce.
With our accredited degree, career options are diverse and in high-demand:
All students undertake a set of core papers which provides the technical expertise in planning for a broad range of planning related roles. These papers cover topics such as Future Cities, Climate Change, Housing, Spatial Planning, Environmental Policy and Impact Assessment, and Māori Resource Management.
Majors / Streams
Depending on your strengths and areas of interest, there is a specialised stream to suit you.
Students must elect a planning stream from three specialist areas:
Year 1
One from
List A
One from
BEP List
One from
BEP List
Stream
Stream
Year 1
One from
List A
One from
BEP List
One from
BEP List
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BIOEB102 EARTH101 EARTH102 ENVSC101
One from
BIOEB102 EARTH101 EARTH102 ENVSC101
Year 2
GEOGY2228
Intro to Geographical Information Systems and Big Dat
One of
BIOEB202 EARTH221 EARTH231 EARTH241
One of
BIOEB202 EARTH221 EARTH231 EARTH241
Year 3
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
Year 1
One from
List A
One from
BEP List
One from
BEP List
One of the
YEAR 1 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 1 papers listed below
Year 2
One of the
YEAR 2 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 2 papers listed below
Year 3
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
Year 1
One from
List A
One from
BEP List
One from
BEP List
One of
MAORI111 MAORI112 MAORI150
One of
MAORI111 MAORI112 MAORI150
Year 2
One of the
YEAR 2 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 2 papers listed below
Year 3
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
One of the
YEAR 3 papers listed below
Once you have completed your degree, you can progress your study at Postgraduate Level.
Bachelor of Environmental Planning
Bachelor of Social Sciences
Bachelor of Environmental Planning
Bachelor of Environmental Planning
Bachelor of Environmental Planning