Master of Natural Resources Management and Ecological Engineering

Summary

Make a difference where it’s urgently needed. Gain a world-renowned Master’s degree from Lincoln, with a semester spent in Europe at BOKU University in Vienna—flights covered by BOKU University (T&Cs apply)—and tuition costing the same as all other two-year Lincoln Master's degrees.

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About this programme

The world desperately needs new approaches to managing natural resources in the face of growing populations, environmental degradation and increased competition for declining resources. This degree is a globally respected two-year Master’s programme focusing on sustainable development. You'll be prepared to make a significant difference where the world needs it most.

How you’ll grow

• Design your own multi-disciplinary study programme, targeting your learning to support your research and career aspirations.
• Spend a semester in Vienna, Austria, learning at a top-ranked research university.

Specialisations

You will have the opportunity to focus your degree in one of the following areas:

• Ecological Engineering
• Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management
• Risk Management
• International Business and Sustainability

Career opportunities

Career outcomes for MNaRMEE graduates are wide-ranging and include consulting in environmental resource management and ecological engineering fields, working for government and non-government research organisations, advising communities and community-owned associations, and consulting in the higher education sector.

Graduate Attributes

Graduate Attributes refer to the knowledge, skills, and values that you gain from completing your qualification. These high-level qualities will prepare you for career success, further study or research and making a valuable contribution to society in your chosen field.

Knowledge

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of natural resource management and/or ecological engineering issues and the theoretical concepts that underpin them.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the complex nature, characteristics and behaviour of stakeholders in natural resource management and/or ecological engineering policy and projects.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the system of New Zealand, Austrian and international or multilateral agreements, treaties, conventions and protocols which drive key natural resource management and ecological engineering issues, and the institutions and organisations which implement and support them.
• Demonstrate understanding of theoretical concepts and applied approaches to Māori and indigenous natural resource management and ecological engineering.

Skills

• Select and apply appropriate research skills and techniques to specific natural resource management and ecological engineering issues.
• Use effective organisation and time management skills.
• Approach problems from a multidisciplinary and, when applicable, multinational (Austria and New Zealand) perspective.
• Critically analyse, synthesise and solve problems in natural resource management and ecological engineering.
• Use advanced oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present theoretical concepts.
• Evaluate and use appropriate methodological tools for resource management and ecological engineering research.
• Engage in effective working relationships with a range of people and communities.

Values

• Demonstrate that they appreciate the benefits of experiential learning in two countries (New Zealand and Austria).
• Recognise the importance of being open and sensitive to people from a wide range of backgrounds and communities.
• Recognise and respond to gender, equity and ethnicity issues in natural resource management and ecological engineering.