Overview 2020
Location
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
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Good governance, planning and management are essential if protected areas are to achieve this aim.
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills required by contemporary protected area professionals working in middle or senior governance or management roles. This course covers governance, planning and management practice in government, private and community-based protected areas. Terrestrial, freshwater and marine protected areas are addressed.
Australian domestic candidates can study the course on-campus in Hobart or by Distance Education. For some units, distance students will have the option of attending field-based sessions, or undertaking the field work through virtual on-line exercises.
International candidates study the course on-campus in Hobart.
The course has been developed as part of an initiative to establish a protected area learning and research centre. This initiative is being led by a Steering Committee comprising representatives from UTas, Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service, Tasmanian Land Conservancy, Parks Victoria, Parks Australia, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, James Cook University, Murdoch University and Charles Darwin University.
Course objectives
At completion of the course, graduates will be equipped, with respect to protected areas, to:
- analyse the quality and appropriateness of governance arrangements;
- provide institutional leadership and development;
- plan for and manage financial and physical resources;
- plan for and manage human resources;
- respect the rights and aspirations of local and indigenous communities and cultures;
- analyse and contribute to planning processes for reserve selection;
- design and implement adaptive planning and management processes;
- prepare protected area management plans;
- plan and manage for biodiversity conservation outcomes;
- plan for and manage tourism, recreation and public use;
- plan for and manage community engagement processes; and
- plan and implement research.
Career outcomes
Graduates will have governance, planning and management knowledge and skills sought by government protected area agencies, private and NGO protected area managers, and community-based organisations. The course has been designed to meet international competencies for protected area planners specified by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, with a particular focus on middle and senior governance and management roles.
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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