u/MungBean04

I am currently looking at bsci courses around Victoria with a special interest in enviro science. Unfortunatly I missed the RMIT city campus open day, but went to the holiday tours a few months ago.

However, I do have one question: Why is there barely and new enrolled students for this course? (according to the student profile there has only 30 students enrolled sem 1 2026). Is the low demand because its niche, or simply a 'bad' course?

Thanks guys, im new to this sub :P

(Note 1 : This applies only to moral evil, not natural evil such as disease or natural disasters. I regard those as requiring a separate explanation.)

(Note 2: sorry guys if this was a bit too long lol)

Moral evil does not exist as a positive thing in itself. Rather, it is a privation (privatio boni): the absence or corruption of the moral good that ought to be present.

An analogy is darkness. Darkness has no independent substance; it is simply the absence of light. Likewise, evil has no positive ontological reality of its own. It is a deficiency or corruption of goodness rather than a thing that exists independently.

Following Augustine's doctrine of ordo amoris ("rightly ordered love"), moral evil arises when the will loves genuine goods in the wrong order. Higher goods, such as God, truth, justice, and charity should govern lower goods such as wealth, pleasure, and power. The lower goods are not evil in themselves; they are genuine goods. They become occasions for evil only when they are treated as ultimate ends instead of being properly ordered toward human flourishing (eudamonia) and the highest good, God.

For example, theft is not the creation of some positive entity called "evil." Rather, it is a privation of justice arising from an inordinate love of wealth.

On this view, moral evil is not something that was created or that exists as a substance. It consists in defects of the will and failures of goodness caused by disordered love.

I'm interested in arguments that show why evil should instead be understood as a positive reality rather than merely the absence or corruption of the good.

These are my subject averages for U3

English = 80%

Geo = 84%

Enviro Sci = 97%

Eco = 70%

Gen Maths = 73%

And I got a 35 raw in biology

Thanks guys

Basically for my school we don't get to choose our topic and evidence, instead we get a sheet of paper and write our oral script in test condtions and present on what we learnt. SO, How do you even write and structure a speech with no prior knowledge? Thx! :D

(Also we wont get marked on our presentation skills so thats a good thing)

I'm planning to pursue a B.S. in Agricultural Science (majoring in Plant and Soil Science) and I'm wondering how flexible it is for branching into other environmental related careers, such as environmental consulting, contaminated land remediation, and research.

My concern is whether the degree is "prestigious enough" for those fields, as some people have warned me against it and suggested doing a more generalist environmental science degree instead.

(Btw i am not from the US)

Thank you guys :D