Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Nature Conservation

Qualification code: 98106
NQF level: 8
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 85226
APS/AS: 60
Rules:
Students will be required to attend compulsory contact sessions.
Purpose statement:
The purpose of this qualification is to develop students who can integrate various conservation issues into applied research addressing a wide range of conservation issues. Qualifying students will be able to conduct integrated research on various conservation issues. Students will be able to research and interpret the influence of various key issues on the environment and effect outcomes. This qualification provides the conservation industry with multi-and interdisciplinary researchers who will be able to holistically address conservation-related issues. Due to articulation with related disciplines, students will be able to influence other industries with regard to conservation needs and issues.
This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Who can register?

  • Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification. 
  • Re-registering students may register for the 2024 academic year once the registration period opens.

Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.


How to choose your modules

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.

  • Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.

  • Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.

You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.

The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

Click here for more information on managing your studies.

Curriculum for this qualification

While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.

Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
COC4801 - Contact Course I Recommendation:It is STRONGLY recommended that this module be registered for with NAT4803 or only after having completed NAT4803.
NAT4801 - Conservation Biology
NAT4802 - Freshwater Management
NAT4803 - Wildlife Welfare Recommendation:It is STRONGLY recommended that NAT4803 be registered for with COC4801 or be completed before registering for COC4801.
NAT4804 - Integrated Natural Resource Management
NAT4805 - Conservation in the Face of Climate Change
NAT4806 - Environmental Education in Conservation
RPNAT81 - Conservation Research Proposal Development