Graduate Certificate in Protected Area Planning
Graduate Certificate in Protected Area Planning
Good planning is essential if protected areas are to achieve this aim. 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. This course equips students with the knowledge and skills…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Good planning is essential if protected areas are to achieve this aim.
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.
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills required by contemporary protected area planners. This course covers planning practice in government, private and community-based protected areas.
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 The University of Tasmania, 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 to:
analyze and contribute to planning processes for reserve selection;
design planning processes that support adaptive management;
prepare protected area management plans;
plan community engagement processes; and
engage in planning practice that is informed by planning theory.
Career outcomes
Graduates will have planning knowledge and skills sought by government protected area agencies, private and NGO protected area managers, and community-based organizations. The course has been designed to meet international competencies for protected area planners specified by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas.
REQUIREMENTS
Candidates for the Graduate Certificate of Protected Area Planning shall be qualified for entry if they hold an undergraduate degree or other tertiary qualification(s) deemed by the Faculty to be equivalent for this purpose.
IELTS (Academic) – 6.0 (no individual band less than 6.0)
TOEFL (iBT) 72 (no skill below: Reading 16; Listening 16; Speaking 18; Writing 22)
PTE Academic 50 with no score lower than 50
UTAS Access-English Level 7 – 60% (no individual score less than 60%)
Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) – B Grade
Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) – C Grade
Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) Higher – C Grade
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Tasmania was officially founded on 1st January 1890 and is located at Sandy Bay, Tasmania. In addition to the main campus at Sandy Bay, it also operates out of the Newnham Campus and the Cradle Coast Campus. The most popular courses offered are the environmental studies that include wilderness management, marine sciences and indigenous studies in Tasmanian literature. Other unconventional courses include agriculture development, studies on the community and population and ocean study programs. The university also comprises of a Music Conservatorium, Art school and a School of Clinical studies.
