Social and political impacts of globalisation Impacts on human rights, culture and environment Australia’s international cooperation on an issue such as the environment, terrorism, trade or international aid In Area of Study 1 students explore the myriad ways lives have been affected by the increased interconnectedness – the global links – of the world through the process of globalisation. This unit introduces students to the global community and the global actors that are part of this community. NOTE: Environmental Science Unit 3 /4 is not offered at Dromana College Environmental scientists also work in cross disciplinary areas such as bushfire research, environmental management and conservation, geology and oceanography. Diverse areas of employment range from design, including landscape or building architecture, engineering and urban planning, environmental consultancy and advocacy, which may involve employment in air, water and/or soil quality monitoring and control, agriculture, construction, mining and property management and water quality engineering. VCE Environmental Science provides for continuing study pathways within the field and leads to a range of careers. Students investigate the extent to which humans modify their environments and the consequences of these changes in local and global contexts with a focus on pollution, biodiversity, energy use and climate change they explore the conceptual, behavioural, ethical and technological responses to these changes. Unit 2: How can pollution be managed? (2019) Students consider how the biotic and abiotic components of local ecosystems can be monitored and measured. They investigate the physical environment and its components, the function of local ecosystems and the interactions that occur in and between ecological components over different timescales. Students apply a systems perspective when exploring the physical requirements for life in terms of inputs and outputs, and consider the effects of natural and human induced changes in ecosystems. In this unit students examine Earth as a set of four interacting systems: the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. Unit 1: How are Earth’s systems connected? (2020) Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary science that explores the interactions and interconnectedness between humans and their environments and analyses the functions of both living and non living elements that sustain Earth systems.