Level: 

8

Credits: 

15.0 (0.125 EFTS)

Compulsory: 

No

Aim: 

The aim of this course is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies to investigate contemporary science issues. Contemporary science issues might include global climate change (extreme weather events like flooding, wildfires, and sea level rise), international responses, treaties and policies with environmental effects (trade [CITES], pandemics, consumerism, warfare), government policies that affect landowners, Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations, business outputs, and flora and fauna (water management, extinction, deforestation and habitat loss, social license to control invasive species)

Pre-requisites / Co-requisites: 

Students must be admitted to the Master of Applied Science programme or the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Science programme or the Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Science programme to enrol in this course.

Timetable: 

Choose your class for this course from the option(s) below. You will need to attend all the sessions in that class to complete the course. Where more than one class number is shown, choose one of them and attend all sessions within that class number. (Note: If a class is held in different locations at the same time, you only need to attend all the sessions in one of the locations.)

There are no classes on public holidays.

Note: Currently, this course is not offered for any programme or this course is for an old programme.