Restoration Ecology
This specialisation is the study of restoring degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystems through active human intervention. This specialisation is for students who wish to develop a career focussed on ecological restoration or conservation biology.
With some 3000 community-based restoration projects currently being undertaken in New Zealand, there is strong demand for graduates able to address key issues of this field.
Planning Your Degree
Restoration Ecology may be taken as a specialisation of the Biological Sciences major for the BSc or BSc(Tech) degrees.
Year 1
100 Level - Papers are worth 15 points.
Major prerequisites
» BIOL101 – Cellular and Molecular Biology
» BIOL102 – The Biology of Organisms
Restoration ecology specialisation papers
» ENVS101 – Environmental Science
» STAT121 – Introduction to Statistical Methods
Choose one of:
» ERTH103 – Discovering Planet Earth
» ERTH104 – Earth and Ocean Environments
Year 2
200 Level – Papers are worth 20 points unless specified.
Major papers
» BIOL201 – Evolution and Diversity of Life
» BIOL212 – Ecology
» BIOL226 – Flora of Aotearoa/New Zealand
Restoration ecology specialisation papers
» BIOL223 – Plant Biology and Ecology
Year 3
300 Level – Papers are worth 20 points unless specified.
Major papers
» BIOL307 – Special Topic
» BIOL312 – Applied Terrestrial Ecology
» BIOL326 – Advanced Topics in Plant Biology
Restoration ecology specialisation papers
Choose one of:
» BIOL313 – Applied Freshwater Ecology or BIOL314 – Marine Biology and Monitoring
