Course Content
The Bachelor of Natural Environments and Conservation requires the completion of 250 credit points comprising:
- 100 credit point Major
- 100 credit points of Core units
- 50 credit points of Elective units
Progression to Master of Protected Area Conservation (Year 3)
To progress into the Master of Protected Area Conservation component of the course students must attain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5 or above (Credit average) in the first 200 credit points of undergraduate study.
The Master of Protected Area Conservation requires the completion of 150 credit points comprising:
- 100 credit points of Core units which includes a 12.5 credit point “Exploring Conservation in Tasmania” unit
- 50 credit points - Professional or Research Pathway.
If a student meets the requirements for entry into our independent research stream, then the units KGA742 Research Thesis A and KGA743 Research Thesis B will replace KGA703 Professional Research Methods and KGA704 Professional Research Practice. The independent research stream requires a coursework average of 75% or over in the first year of the Master of Protected Area Conservation (full-time equivalent) and approval of a research topic from both a supervisor and the Unit Co-ordinator.
Bachelor of Natural Environments and Conservation
Core units
- Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture
- Natural Environment Field Techniques
- Geographies of Island Places
- Fire, Weeds and Ferals: Conserving Nature in Protected Areas
- Introduction to Spatial Information
- Ecology
Core option unit (choose 2)
- Ecosystem Services
- Emergency Management Policy and Governance
- Indigenous Lifeworlds: Story, History, Country
- Planet Earth
- Sustainable Resource Management
- Data Handling and Statistics 1
- Introduction to Marine and Antarctic Science A
Major
Natural Environment Management
Year 1
- Global Geographies of Change
- Nature, People, Place
Year 2
- Earth, Climate and Life
- Environmental Management
Year 3
- Political Ecologies of Development
- Geoheritage and Geotourism
- Conserving Nature in Landscapes
- Environmental Impact Assessment
Master of Protected Area Conservation
Core units
- Organisational Social Responsibilities
- Protected Area Planning and Management Systems
- Protected Area Management Plans
- Reserve System Planning
- Professional Placement
MPACons Exploring Conservation in Tasmania
- Sustainable Tourism Development
- Marine Protected Area Management
- Environmental Geographic Information Science B
- Marine and Antarctic Environments and their Management
Elective units
Bachelor of Natural Environments and Conservation
In your Elective component you can choose from any units marked as "Student Electives" which you meet the pre-requisites for, at any level, from across the university. To search for possible Elective units, use the Unit Search tool to search by the discipline that you are interested in.
Master of Protected Area Conservation
Professional or Research Pathway
Professional Pathway
- Professional Research Methods
- Professional Research Practice
Research Pathway
- Research Thesis A
- Research Thesis B
