The course will be offered through the School of Environmental and Information Sciences. It aims to produce graduates who have an in-depth understanding of a particular discipline area of natural and cultural resource management.
Graduates develop a capacity for independent research and problem analysis and solution.
Students undertaking the course will develop their knowledge and understanding through formal coursework and a program of independent reading. Their research, analytical and problem-solving skills will be developed through analysis and review of research literature and completing a research project in their dissertation. This is the first university-level course available in Australia in the area of ornithology. Our educational programs have provided a space for serious dialogue between various tendencies in the ecology movement and a meeting ground for activists from around the world. Possibilities for study are as wide as the students' interests and the expertise of Goddard's two dozen faculty members.