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Undergraduate: Course rule and topic informationBachelor of Ecotourism(BEcot)Program of study
The program of study for this course changed from 2008. An information session and/or counselling session will be held for all continuing students. INTRODUCTION The Bachelor of Ecotourism requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study. COURSE AIMS The course aims to produce multidisciplinary graduates suited to careers as operators, guides or planners in ecotourism. Graduates have:
COURSE RULE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2007] To qualify for the Bachelor of Ecotourism, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below. Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year. Except with the permission of the Faculty Board, students may not enrol in Second Year topics until they have completed 18 units of First Year topics and may not enrol in Third Year topics until they have completed all First Year requirements for their Second and Third Year programs. First Year 36 units comprising:
Second Year 36 units comprising:
Third Year 36 units comprising:
§ Students must enrol in, and complete, Part A and Part B of this topic in one calendar year as both topics are taught and assessed as a continuum. # Students who completed the Second Year topic ECOT2312 prior to 2007 are encouraged to enrol in the core topic PROF2103 but will find they are revising some material from ECOT2312. If preferred they may select another PROF topic in place of PROF2103. Note that if the replacement PROF topic is 6 units the additional 3 units will count towards electives. SELECTED LIST OF ELECTIVES ARCHAEOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND GEOGRAPHY TOPICS
and other Geography topics as approved by the course coordinator. SELECTED LIST OF ELECTIVE EARTH SCIENCES TOPICS
and other Earth Sciences topics as approved by the course coordinator. ^ Offered odd years only ^^ Offered even years only SELECTED LIST OF ELECTIVE BIOLOGY TOPICS
# Recommended elective topic. HONOURS PROGRAMA student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Ecotourism, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree. To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study in an approved program. 36 units comprising: ECOT7001 Bachelor of Ecotourism Honours Research Project (24 units). Students should enrol in a combination of sub-topics chosen from the following, ensuring that they enrol in 24 units overall.
plus 12 units as follows:
and a further 9 units from other higher level undergraduate or honours level topics that are relevant to their studies, as approved by their assessment panel in consultation with the student.
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