Water Resource Management
Qualifications
Overview
Sustainability and management of our valuable water resource (both its supply and its quality) is one of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand today.
Water Resource Management courses investigate sustainable techniques to assess and protect our freshwater resources and prevent further stresses and hazards upon this vulnerable commodity. Students will learn to evaluate the effects of domestic and commercial use on our aquatic ecosystems through practical survey fieldwork.
- Undergraduate students will benefit from the teaching and research work of leading staff from both UC and Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln University. The courses provide a pathway to UC’s specialist postgraduate programmes in Water Resource Management.
- Fieldwork forms an integral part of Water Resource Management courses through UC’s Cass Field Station.
While you cannot major or minor in Water Resource Management as an undergraduate student, you can take courses in the subject as part of any degree.
See also Freshwater and Water and Environmental Systems Engineering.
Postgraduate programmes in Water Resource Management
UC offers specialist studies with a Postgraduate Diploma in Water Resource Management and a Master of Water Resource Management, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Water Resource Management.
Studies in Water Resource Management provides opportunities to pursue careers in freshwater science and management, and in a variety of other fields of biological sciences.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.
Contact us
Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment
Phone +64 3 369 0655
Email earthandenvironment@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Level 2, Beatrice Tinsley building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Rāngai Pūtaiao | College of Science
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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