Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Policy is designed as a course for those wishing to pursue fisheries policy, management or representation in the fisheries sector with an applied Graduate Certificate level qualification. It will enable professionals currently working as fisheries policy officers, junior level managers, and enforcement officers working in … For more content click the Read More button below.
This degree provides a broad understanding of the international legal and policy framework within which fisheries resources are managed, conserved and developed. It also examines the principles of fisheries management, including aspects relating to science, economics and law and how these are used in decision-making. It emphasises the need for sustainable policies and adhering to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Potential policy solutions to gaps in the legal and policy framework for sustainable fisheries management are proposed for national and local levels.
Delivery
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Course structure
Students must complete 24 credit points of study as specified below
24 Credit points
Core18 Credit points
Electives6 Credit points
Subjects with substantial WIL
Subjects in the non-vocational Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Policy draw on the WIL Curriculum Classification Framework with particular focus on foundational, embedded and applied WIL opportunities. Foundational WIL, such as authentic case studies and policy examples, are used in all subjects to expose students to real world applications for their developing Fisheries Policy knowledge, to make content contemporary, relevant and purposeful. Embedded WIL is offered in selected subjects (e.g. SEA 915 “Fisheries Management”) and offers students the opportunity to undertake simulated workplace activities such as preparing a fishery management strategy and policy brief on an authentically relevant fishery issue. Applied WIL opportunities are available via core and elective subjects including SEA 925 “Australian Fisheries Law and Policy” where historically significant fishery legal cases are considered by students working together.
Learning outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of the course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:
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Exhibit high level of knowledge of the international legal and policy framework within which fisheries resources are managed, conserved and developed.
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Demonstrate a sound understanding of how the Law of the Sea, science, economics influences the development of fisheries management, law and policy.
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Identify and explain the information, processes and systems required to achieve the sustainable management of fishery resource stocks and different fisheries management objectives, contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Devise potential solutions to gaps in the legal and policy framework for sustainable fisheries management and demonstrate the capacity to address the challenges of fisheries management at national and local levels
Pathways and nested qualifications
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