COURSE: BTECH IN NATURE CONSERVATIONIST

This programme is for students interested in managing natural areas and wildlife at an advanced level. It gives students insight into national and global conservation trends and develops their research skills so that they can effectively resolve environmental and conservation problems. All students attend three compulsory practical contact courses and, towards the end of the course, take an oral examination and do a presentation on their research project.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 1 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Plant Studies


• Resource Management


• Research Methodology


• Conservation Management


• Research project


• Plant Studies


• Resource Management

Careers: conservation research manager, manager of a protected conservation area.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za

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