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This course will provide students with a general introduction to debates in resource and environmental management, an understanding of the policies and practices of such management in New Zealand, a critical analysis of the concepts upon which these are based, and an insight into practical issues in this field, including environmental and social impact analysis and the Resource Management Act.
By the end of this course you should have:An understanding of who does what, where, why, when, and how in New Zealand resource and environmental management, on both public and private land;An understanding of some of the ways humans interact with, shape, and sometimes transform landscapes; An understanding of the institutional players in New Zealand resource management, and how they work together, or at odds, to manage, conserve, exploit, or transform natural resources;An understanding of how the Resource Management Act works and how it is applied, along with the implementation of Assessments of Environmental Effects.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Any 30 points of 100 level geography, orGEOG106 and ENVR101, orentry with approval of the Head of Department.
Ann Brower
There is no set text for this course, but course lecturers will set readings that may be a textbook chapter, journal article, or report that you will be expected to download and read to support your in-class learning. Your knowledge and understanding of the set readings will be explicitly assessed in assignments and the exam.
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There will be one field trip, of one day, to Cass Field Station, on 29 or 30 September. Students will be randomly assigned into the Saturday or the Sunday field trip. During the first week of class, you will be able to swap with one another.
Domestic fee $867.00
International fee $4,250.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Earth and Environment .