Environmental Courses

ACS Student comment: I am finding it interesting and educational - it covers the primary facts and then encourages you to learn the details through the assignments and contacting numerous organisations involved in environmental issues. Jasmine Dungey, Aust - Conservation and Environmental Management course.

This foundation course is an integral part of our longer environmental certificates and diplomas. This course develops a basis for managing conservation in different environments. The course reviews basic ecology and environmental problems such as pollution and land degradation before considering varying aspects of conservation such as animal, marine and vegetation.

LEARN ABOUT HOW THE EARTH IS FORMED AND IT'S CHANGING PROCESSES

This facinating course develops your an ability to identify and describe the Earth, its structure and explain processes that affect change in the structure and it's composition.  An understanding of Earth's processes is essential for anyone interested in environmental issues and management of natural resources as well ecotourism operators and those just intereseted in the world around them.    Lessons include: rocks and minerals, meteorology, global weather patterns & atmospherics, the oceans, surface chances (eg. earthquakes and volcanoes), geological time, plate tectonics and more.  

Just starting out in the field of Environment?  Do you wish to enhance your understanding of the natural environment and the wildlife within it? 

This course is an excellent introduction to environmental studies providing a broad-based grounding in environmental and conservation issues, and a foundation course for higher learning.

Now available online and via e-learning!

Ecology is the cornerstone of the Life Sciences. It provides the link between the different branches of Life Sciences, structuring them as a complete concept of life. Ecology studies the relationships between living beings, be it animal, plants or microorganisms, and with their environment. How we interact, benefit or compete with each other, how we evolve together, how the environment presents opportunities for change, and how living beings alter the environment to provide for their own needs. This course covers general principles of ecology, that can be applied anywhere on our planet.

Learn about marine life

A fascinating insight into marine life

This course follows on from Marine studies I, extending your knowledge of a wide variety of marine organisms.  It works through many types of marine organisms, focusing mostly on those not covered as thoroughly in Marine Studies I (This includes: Protists, Sponges, Marine plants, Cnidarians, Worms, Arthropods, Molluscs, Echinoderms, Non Bony Fish, Selected Bony Fish and selected Marine Mammals).

 DO YOU WANT TO WORK WITH ANIMALS AND NATURE?

Then this course is for you! This course has been specifically designed for people working or wishing to work in nature parks and reserves, in managerial or technical positions.Learn about natural environments, and the management of zoos, wildlife parks, nature reserves. Develop an understanding of the natural environment and basic ecological principles, and learn a variety of skills ranging from basic gardening and nature park design, to erosion control, weed control and tree surgery.

The course covers many of the fundamental tasks which people who work in such parks need to do; including weed control, soil management, land rehabilitation, landscape construction, etc.

This course builds on Nature Park Management I, but can be taken in its own right. It concentrates more on indigenous plants and using them to create natural, balanced ecosystems. Learn to:

• create nature trails,
• build rockeries and pathways,
• construct ponds and watercourses,
• design picnic grounds and animal enclosures,
• promote a nature park, and lots more.

DISCOVER THE AMAZING WORLD OF BIRDS!

Learn with us what is a bird, how they evolved, what adaptations they developed to be able to colonize air, land and water so successfully!. This course is designed for people working or wishing to work with birds and animals, life scientists and environmental researchers and consultants, amateur bird watchers, or anyone working with birds. Learn to identify and understand the habits of different birds, from water birds and parrots, to town birds and birds of prey.

Learning about Rainforests, Grasslands, Deserts and other plant ecosystems.

Acquire a deeper understanding on the principles of plant ecology, why plants are the way they are, their relationships to other plants and living beings, how they developed in evolution and which factors determine their growth and survival.  Apply that understanding to horticulture and the cultivation of plants, develop a new view on the plant world.

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A course designed for people working or wishing to work with environmental rehabilitation and contaminated sites recovery. This excellent course develops an understanding of environmental systems and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes. You learn about seed collection, storage and germination, propagation, plant selection, establishment techniques, controlling pest & disease after planting. 

Student Comment: 'I definitely learned a lot from [the course) but it was also beneficial in affirming [and raising my confidence] in what I already knew.' Katrina Merrifield, Masters Conservation Science, NZ, Trees for Rehabilitation course

 If you love animals and want to learn more about them, if you are involved in animal care and protection, animal management, wildlife management and care, veterinary, science teaching, or environmental management and protection, this course is just for you.

This course will give you a thorough understanding of “higher” animals’ Zoology and Evolution, together with some principles on animal ecology and morphology.

You will learn with the help of highly qualified and experienced tutors.

The course is accepted by some professional associations as points for their Continuing Education Recording Scheme, category “Correspondence courses”.

Study Water Conservation via Online Learning

LEARN TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND ASSESS WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS & PROCEDURES

• Learn about water resources,the use and application of water conservation measures in different contexts.

• Improve your capacity to design, implement and assess water management plans and procedures.

Water is the most important resource to sustain life. All living organisms need water to survive. This course will teach you how to conserve this precious resource in various situations from the home environment to industry.  Lesson cover water conservation at home, in the workplace, water management, conservation in primary production I & II, health, recycling and more.

LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION

This course will give students a broad based introduction to wildlife management that can be applied to all types of wildlife around the globe. It can serve as a course in its own right or as part of a higher qualification in environmental or nature park management.

Wildlife management is the manipulation of wild animal populations and their habitats for the benefit of both humans and wildlife. Wildlife management includes running parks and reserves, altering and rehabilitating wildlife habitats, pest control, protecting human life and property and managing harvests of wildlife.

Lesson cover habitat management, wildlife management techniques, wildlife census, population dynamics, wildlife ecology and much more. 

Student Comment (P.Soult):"Great tutors, Very helpful feedback"