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Study Wildlife Management at Otago

Apply for the Master of Science (MSc) through the Dunedin campus in 2023

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Overview

A one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management is open not only to graduates in Zoology  or Ecology but also to non-graduates with appropriate practical experience.

For further information see the subject entry for Zoology.

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Contact details

Email zoology@otago.ac.nz

Qualifications

Papers

See the full list of Wildlife Management (WILM) papers.

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Programme requirements

Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management (PGDipWLM)

Papers

The programme shall consist of 120 points comprising:

  • WILM 401 Principles of Wildlife Management
  • WILM 402 Techniques of Wildlife Management
  • Plus at least 80 points from WILM, ZOOL and other 400-level papers

Notes: Must include WILM 404 (or equivalent) if ZOOL 316 has not been passed previously.
A candidate may be exempted from some of the required papers as prescribed above on the basis of previous study.

Master of Science (MSc) in Wildlife Management

Papers and Thesis

Master of Wildlife Management (MWLM)

Papers

  • WILM 401 Principles of Wildlife Management

  • WILM 402 Techniques of Wildlife Management

  • WILM 501 Wildlife Management Research Placement

  • Papers worth at least 100 points from 400-level WILM, ZOOL, and other 400-level papers

    Note: Every programme of study must include WILM 404 (or equivalent) if ZOOL 316 has not been passed previously, and must include WILM 406 if 300-level course work in Conservation Biology has not been taken previously.

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