Master of Parks Management
Environment
A course by
Lincoln University
Meet the critical demand for qualified parks management professionals through an interdisciplinary master's programme. Study social, cultural, environmental, and business contexts in parks management, and specialise in areas such as environmental management, tourism, and climate change.
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Core skills this course teaches
Critical Analysis of Parks Management Concepts
Critically analyse and synthesise concepts and frameworks to evaluate resource management approaches and practices relevant to the parks sector.
Interpret Relationship between Parks and Resource Management
What You're Signing Up For
The Master of Parks Management is a 180-credit taught master's degree that prepares students for leadership and management roles in the parks sector, including central and local government, conservation agencies, iwi authorities, and more. The programme offers flexibility to specialise in environmental management, tourism and recreation, and climate change. It integrates natural resource management, indigenous planning, and outdoor recreation management, with core and elective courses spanning environmental policy and planning, indigenous perspectives, tourism, business, and conservation biology.
Course Content
- Environmental Policy and Planning or Advanced Resource Management & Planning Law
- Mana Kaitiaki (Māori Resource Management) or Indigenous Planning and Development
- Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism
- Conservation Biology or Wildlife Management
- Advanced GIS
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Integrated Environmental Management
- Events and Festivals
- Tourist Behaviour
- Tourism Management
- Food, Wine and Agritourism
- Advanced Climate Change and Land Use
- Advanced Business Strategy or Managing Programmes of Change
- Research for Managers or Applied Research Methods
- Principles of Managerial Economics
- Principles of Accounting and Finance
- Principles of Business Management
- Principles of Marketing
- Advanced Services Marketing & Management or Marketing Strategy or Managing Marketing
- One elective from master’s degree courses
What you need to know first
Find these employment opportunities
Mid-to-senior roles in international parks and conservation agenciesCentral and local government positionsEmployment with iwi authorities and other Māori organisationsRoles in conservation trustsPositions in community or private organisations related to parks management
