The programme will cover selected aspects of biodiversity associated with Jamaican aquatic and terrestrial environments, with a greater emphasis on their management, conservation and sustainable use. At the end of this programme students will be able to:

identify the issues affecting terrestrial and marine communities and the processes which make these systems unique,
appropriately use GIS, Geoinformatics, remote sensing as well as other environmental tools in the study of the environment,
outline environmental management strategies that integrate biological, political, legal, social and ethical issues as well as design appropriate interventions to conserve threatened species and environments,
execute sound research for monitoring and providing solutions for problems related to the environment.