The aim of the course is to provide vocationally oriented management studies suitable for those working or wishing to work in national parks, recreation parks, Aboriginal and historic sites, urban parks, wildlife management.

The Associate Diploma has also been designed as a subset of the Bachelor of Applied Science (Parks and Recreation) degree. If a student wishes to upgrade their Associate Diploma qualification to a degree at a later date, most Associate Diploma subjects will be accredited towards that qualification.

This course was previously called the Associate Diploma of Applied Science (Park Management).

Albury-Wodonga Campus

Distance education

Part-time four years (8 sessions)

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 128 points (16 subjects) including all residential school requirements.

Students must complete:

• 12 professional studies subjects;
• 2 specialist studies subjects chosen from the areas of Ecosystem Management, Cultural Resource Management or Outdoor Recreation Management;
• 2 restricted electives.

BIO100 Concepts of Biology

GEO161 Resource Mapping

ITC162 Biomaths

PKM101 People & Parks

PKM160 Natural Resource Management

REC167 Recreation Leadership

PKM260 Interpretative Planning

PKM266 Cultural Resource Management

PKM261 Outdoor Recreation Management

BIO365 Fire Ecology & Management

PKM301 Principles of Aboriginal Land Management

PKM372 Park Practicum

Two subjects selected from one of the following must be taken as specialist studies:

BIO261 Wildlife Ecology

BIO262 Vegetation Ecology

BIO361 Wildlife Management

BIO362 Vegetation Management

REC260 Foundations of Leisure

PKM364 Outdoor Recreation Planning & Design

PKM371 Social Issues in Recreation

REC371 Special Event and Leisure Management

PKM245 Historic Environment

PKM366 Site Survey Design

PKM373 Cultural Resource Policies & Planning

PKM368 Physical Conservation Techniques

On the advice of the Course Coordinator students select two subjects from the following:

• any strand subject not included within specialised area; and/or
• any appropriate subject offered by the University.

A twelve to sixteen week practicum is undertaken in the breaks between sessions 2 & 3 and 4 & 5.

Course Coordinator
School of Environmental & Information Sciences
Rick Allen
Telephone: (02) 6051 9831
Facsimile: (02) 6051 9897
Email: rallen@csu.edu.au