The course includes the following awards:

Graduate Certificate in Captive Vertebrate Management GradCertCaptVertMgt

Course Study Modes and Locations

Graduate Certificate in Captive Vertebrate Management (5308CV)

Distance Education - Wagga Wagga

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Graduate Certificate in Captive Vertebrate Management

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Part-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

Admission criteria

Applicants will be expected to have:

• had a minimum of five years appropriate industry experience;
  or
• have completed a TAFE Zookeeping certificate or equivalent;
  or
• have completed relevant previous tertiary study.

Credit

No special arrangements apply.

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course Structure

The course consists of two 16 point subjects, as follows:

BIO489 Zoo Curatorship (16 points)
BIO327 Wildlife Ecology and Management (16 points)

Enrolment Pattern

Session 1

BIO489 Zoo Curatorship (16 points)

Session 2

BIO327 Wildlife Ecology and Management (16 points)

Residential School

Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

BIO327 Wildlife Ecology and Management
BIO489 Zoo Curatorship

Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.

Accreditation

Recognised by the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (formerly the Australian Regional Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria or ARAZPA) and the Australasian Society of Zoo Keeping (ASZK) as meeting the advanced trainng needs of their members.