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Conservation and Tourism – (M.Sc.)
University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Conservation
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 12,070 - ≈ € 15,650 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Canterbury / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Kent, Canterbury Campus
Tourism is the world's largest industry and involves over ten per cent of the global population. Much of the world's nature tourism focuses on national parks and other protected areas. Conservationists want to ensure that nature tourism follows the principles of sustainability – that is, ensuring minimal impact on natural environments, benefiting local people and contributing to protected area management. This programme examines these issues for the tourism industry and the biodiversity concerns it raises. The programme is relevant to the work of NGOs, consultancy firms and contractors, tour operators, conservation managers, international agencies and donors.
Contents
The six Master's offered by DICE follow a common pattern, with six months of coursework and five months on a research project. All students follow a common core programme in the first term, before specialising in Conservation Biology, Conservation and Tourism, Conservation and Rural Development, Conservation and International Wildlife Trade, Conservation and Biodiversity Law or Conservation Project Management. Within each of these six programmes, there are optional modules that allow students the flexibility to devise a pathway that suits their specific interests and contains an appropriate balance between natural and social sciences.
In exceptional circumstances, DICE admits applicants without a first degree if their professional career and experience shows academic achievement of a high enough standard.
Common core modules for all MSc courses:
* Foundations of Natural Science for Conservation
* Social Science Perspectives on Conservation
* Research Methods for Natural Sciences
* Research Methods for Social Sciences.
Plus three from the following:
* Advanced Topics in Ecology
* Biodiversity Preservation in International Law and Policy
* Conservation and Community Development
* Economics of Biodiversity Conservation
* Ecotourism and Rural Development Field Course
* Facilitation Skills for Conservation Managers
* Integrated Species Conservation and Management
* International Wildlife Trade
* Leadership Skills for Conservation Managers
* Managing Protected Areas
* Population and Evolutionary Biology
* Principles and Practice of Ecotourism
* Special Topics in Conservation
* Trade, Economics, Regulation and the Environment.
(Students may also take an appropriate module from outside DICE subject to approval; modules on offer may vary from year to year and depend on the programme of study. For the MSc Conservation and Biodiversity Law programme, modules in environmental law are also available within the Kent Law School.)
Course content
You take the common modules and electives as listed above plus:
* Principles and Practice of Ecotourism (core module)
* Dissertation project.
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Requirements
A good second class honours degree or better in a relevant subject; a good honours degree in other subjects together with relevant practical experience.
English language requirements
IELTS
* 6.5 incl
* 6.0 reading
* 6.0 writing
* 5.5 listening
* 5.5 speaking
TOEFL internet-based
* 90 incl
* 22 reading
* 21 writing
* 21 listening
* 23 speaking
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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