How to apply
Domestic students
Please complete the application form
International students
Information for International students
In addition to the attachments required in the application form applicants who are not graduates of this University must submit an original transcript or certified copy of their academic record for all tertiary qualifications to date.
Key information
- 48 credit points
- 1 years full time, 2 years part time
- Course code: 70530
Fees
Important dates
Application for 2010
31 December
Commence 2010
22 February
Minimising or reversing the extinction of irreplaceable biodiversity is the ultimate goal of conservation biologists.
Many focus on the most threatened species, genes and communities, and employ systematic, evolutionary and ecological science to underpin such endeavours. Others work on threatening processes and their mitigation, such as loss of biodiversity due to habitat destruction, fragmentation of wild areas, dieback disease, invasion by feral animals and weeds, and salinity. This course will prepare you well to help mitigate environmental impacts on biodiversity.
Course outline
The Master of Science (Conservation Biology) consists of four coursework units (50%) and a research dissertation (50%).
The coursework component may be selected from a wide variety of units including Conservation Biology: Saving Endangered Species, Wildlife Conservation and Management, Australian Vegetation, Animal Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology, Project and Risk Management, Management Decision Tools, Case studies in Land and Water Management and Waterway Restoration and Conservation.
For more detailed information, refer to the Handbook rules.
Admission requirements
Domestic students
- A relevant bachelor’s degree with honours of this University, with a weighted average of at least 60 per cent in those units for which the results contribute to the calculation of the honours classification, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty
or
- a relevant bachelor’s degree of this or another recognised university, and
- a relevant Graduate Diploma of this University with an average mark of at least 60 per cent, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty.
All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence
International students
All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence
Course enquiries
Faculty Administrative Officer (Postgraduate)
Vickie Falcetta
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
The University of Western Australia
35 Stirling Highway
Crawley, WA 6009
Telephone: +(61 8) 6488 2565
Fax: +(61 8) 6488 1002
Email: postgradenquiries-fnas@uwa.edu.au
