K7E Master of Protected Area Governance and Management

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Overview 2020

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 2 Years, up to a maximum of 5 Years
Duration
Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

Hobart: Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer school, Winter school (early)
Distance Hobart: Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer school, Winter school (early)

Full Fee Paying places available

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

Due to the circumstances around COVID-19, you will begin your studies online. However, when Government guidelines change, on-campus studies will be reintroduced.

Throughout the world there are over 160,000 protected areas that are managed with the aim of ensuring the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

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.

Professional Recognition

Professional recognition will be sought from the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas once their proposed accreditation system has been established.

Course structure

Students undertaking a 200% course must complete 100% from Schedules A, 25% from Schedule B, 25% from Schedule C and 50% from Schedule D.

Students undertaking a 150% course must complete at least 50% and up to 100% from Schedules A, up to 25% from B, up to 25% from Schedule C and 50% from Schedule D

Schedule A: Compulsory Units

YEAR 1

KGA516

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Launceston	Semester 1

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2
Launceston	Semester 2

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2

Courses & Units

Master of Protected Area Governance and Management (K7E)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Career outcomes

Professional Recognition

Course structure

Schedule A: Compulsory Units

Ecosystem Conservation

Protected Area Planning and Management Systems

Reserve System Planning

Environmental Geographic Information Science A

Protected Area Management Plans

Environmental Geographic Information Science B

Schedule B: Conservation Electives

Geoheritage and Geotourism

Fire, Weeds and Ferals: Conserving Nature in Protected Areas

Ecology of Ecosystems

Marine and Antarctic Environments

International Environmental Law

Schedule C: Business Electives

Environmental Finance

Leadership and Change Management

Strategic Management

Schedule D: Research (Compulsory)

Research Thesis A

Research Thesis B

Professional Research Methods

Professional Research Practice

Entry requirements

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

International students

International students

Scholarships

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