Attendance is compulsory for the three days of fieldwork in and around Hobart for both on-campus and distance students.
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
KGA516
H
Distance(H)
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Campus
Attendance
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 1
H
Distance
27-FEB-2012
23-MAR-2012
16-APR-2012
01-JUN-2012
Sem 1
H
On Campus
27-FEB-2012
23-MAR-2012
16-APR-2012
01-JUN-2012
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Ecosystem Conservation offers students, including those without any previous substantial ecological training, a pathway to understanding the basic ideas behind ecology and conservation biology. You will gain knowledge, skills and investigative abilities to be able to discuss and write about the issues surrounding conservation management around the world. Through practical work you will develop an ability to carry out fundamental ecological fieldwork and learn how to report on the information you have collected. Ecosystem Conservation involves workshops, fieldwork and seminars. Through these methods of learning, you will cover a range of essentials relating to ecosystems such as concepts and processes of ecosystems, disturbance (with an emphasis on fire), ecology at the landscape scale, how to survey for flora and fauna, and management and conservation needs of species, communities and habitats. This unit will give you sufficient understanding to be able to critically assess the arguments related to conservation biology, give you the skills to contribute invaluably to environmental management and prepare you for further work in nature conservation in Australia and overseas.
WEIGHT:
25%
ASSESSMENT: 4000 words of reports (40%), 3000 word field report (35%), seminars (25%)
TEACHING PATTERN:
On-campus students: lectures, seminars and workshops (4-hrs weekly over 13 weeks) plus 3 days field work and workshops. Distance education students: printed package of resources, internet-based resources, plus 3 days field work and workshops.
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web dependent -
H
Some parts of this unit will be taught online
Resource supported teaching & learning -
H
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options
INTERNATIONALISATION This unit includes specific international contexts/case studies.
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, K, Q and Y click here for more information.
Web dependent -
H
