Course summary

This programme will prepare you for a career in conservation, or help existing wildlife and conservation professionals to secure senior roles in specialist areas. Many of our graduates realise their ambitions to change careers, or to take a more active role in promoting the value of nature in their communities and workplaces. Others use this programme as a stepping stone to further study and research careers. With ever-increasing environmental threats, it is vital that people fully appreciate the complex relationships between human populations, wildlife and the ecosystems in which they live. There is an increasing need for those in the field of conservation to employ a holistic approach to ecosystem management in a way that accommodates the needs of all species living within them. If you want to be part of a global network working to achieve these goals, this programme may be for you. What will you learn? -Postgraduate Certificate (1 year part-time, 2 years intermittent study)- In Year 1 of the programme you will study three core courses:

• Evolution and Biodiversity

• Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

• Environmental Ethics and Governance

• Behavioural Flexibility

• Climate Change: Policy and Practice

• Connecting Environment and Society

• Conservation and Conflict

• Conservation Genetics

• Conservation Psychology

• Ecosystem Resilience and Extreme Events

• Innovative Approaches to Health Challenges Across Disciplines

• Introduction to Transboundary Diseases and their impact on trade and wildlife populations

• Introduction to GIS and Spatial Data Analysis

• Introduction to Wildlife Forensics

• Invasive Non-native Species

• Land Use and Food Security

• Led by Locals: power and participation in conservation

• Managing and Leading Conservation Projects

• Science Communication and Engagement for Practice

• Species Translocations

• The Marine Environment

• The Modern Zoo

• The Use of Artificial Reproduction Technology (ARTs) in Threatened Species

• Water and Sanitation

• Wildlife, Animal Health and the Environment

• Wildlife Trade

• Zoonotic Disease