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Level 5
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20 Credits
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0.1667 EFTS
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Course duration: 16 weeks
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Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
Environmental and natural resource management is a rapidly expanding field in New Zealand. This is driven by the growing requirements of environmental legislation and public demand for enhanced environmental management practices. An essential knowledge area in this field is an understanding of ecology.
This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of ecological processes and the key characteristics of New Zealand’s terrestrial and aquatic environments. You will examine critical factors underpinning ecological sustainability, explore current issues in conservation and evaluate approaches to ecosystem management in New Zealand.
Topics covered include:
- threatened species
- New Zealand’s terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
- impacts of human settlement; and
- ecosystem management issues.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed.
Textbooks
No textbooks are needed for this course.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.