Postgraduate Certificate in Marine Conservation–PGCertMarCon 90 points Qualification regulations

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Entry Requirements

1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the PGCertMarCon shall have:

(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree of a tertiary institution in a relevant subject, normally with a B+ grade average or higher in the relevant 300-level courses; and

(ii) been accepted by the Head of the School of Biological Sciences as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.

(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the Associate Dean, Academic (Postgraduate) of the Faculty of Science for a candidate who has had extensive practical, professional, or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind.

General Requirements

2. The course of study for the PGCertMarCon shall consist of 90 points from the MMarCon Schedule, including at least one of BIOL 424, BIOL 519, and 529.

3. (a) A candidate for the PGCertMarCon shall normally complete the certificate within 18 months of first enrolling in the PGCertMarCon or MMarCon.

(b) The associate dean may extend that maximum period in special cases.

4. With the permission of the head of school, a candidate who holds a PGCertMarCon may subsequently be permitted to enrol for the remainder of the MMarCon programme. The candidate shall abandon the postgraduate certificate on being awarded the MMarCon.

Courses

Course Requisites Points
BIOL 403
Evolutionary Analysis
 		(P) BIOL 329 or permission of head of school 30
BIOL 405
Pest Management, Invasive Species, and Biosecurity
 		(X) BIOL 425 prior to 2017 30
BIOL 410
Fisheries Science
 		(P) 30 pts of relevant statistics at 200-level or above; or permission of Head of School 30
BIOL 420
Conservation Ecology
 		(P) 300-level Ecology or permission of head of school 30
BIOL 422
Ecology
 		(P) 300-level Ecology or permission of head of school 30
BIOL 423
Marine Biodiversity and Ecology
 		30
BIOL 424
New Zealand Conservation Practice
 		(P) enrolment in MConBio, PGCertMarCon, MMarCon or permission of head of school 30
BIOL 430
Genetics and Molecular Biology
 		(P) 45 points from an approved combination of 300-level BIOL, BMSC, CHEM, PSYC courses or permission of head of school; (X) BMSC 430 30
BIOL 431
Cell Biology
 		(P) 45 points from an approved combination of 300-level BIOL, BMSC, CHEM or PSYC courses or permission of Head of School; (X) BMSC 431 30
BIOL 432
Physiology and Pharmacology
 		(P) 45 pts from an approved combination of 300-level BIOL, BMSC, CHEM or PSYC courses or permission of Head of School (X) BMSC 432 30
BIOL 435
Research Skills in the Life Sciences
 		(P) 40 points from (BIOL 329, BIOL 340, BMSC 301–354, BTEC 301), or permission of head of school; (X) BIOL 580; BIOL 427 in 2019–2021 15
BIOL 440
Directed Individual Study
 		(P) permission of the head of school 30
MAOR 411
Te Ao Hurihuri / Issues in Contemporary Māori Society
 		(X) MAOR 511 30