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Science, Engineering and Technology

KGG355

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
KGA300 Environmental Research Project
KGA308 Global Political Ecology
KGA319 Making Sense of Climate Change
KGA320 Our Changing Climate
(Not Offered 2012)
KGA326 Environmental Geomorphology
KGA327 Conservation Geomorphology
KGA331 Vegetation Management
KGA332 Fauna Conservation Management
KGA333 Forest Ecosystems
KGA334 Agroforestry
(Not Offered 2012)
KGA340 Making the Tasmanian Landscape
(Not Offered 2012)
KGA372 Understanding Place
(Not Offered 2012)
KGA378 Wilderness Management
KGA381 Environmental Impact Assessment
KGG306 Global Navigation Satellite Systems
KGG307 Geodesy: Observing Our Changing Planet
KGG320 Surveying 3
KGG330 Remote Sensing: Photogrammetry
KGG355 Spatial Research Project
KGG375 GIS: Advanced Spatial Analysis

2012  KGG355  Spatial Research Project

Unit Level: Advanced

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
KGG355 H H

Key Semester Dates
Semester Campus Attendance Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 1 H On Campus 27-FEB-2012 23-MAR-2012 16-APR-2012 01-JUN-2012
Sem 2 H On Campus 16-JUL-2012 10-AUG-2012 03-SEP-2012 20-OCT-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).

This unit can be taken in other courses
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DESCRIPTION

The aim of the Spatial Research Project is to allow students to undertake supervised project work in a field of their own choice within the broad discipline area of spatial science. The unit provides the opportunity to advance students knowledge in a specific field of interest, bringing together skills obtained in other spatial science units. At the end of the project, students will have gained skills in some or all of the following: project design and justification, undertaking a literature review, posing research questions and setting research aims and objectives, undertaking data collection and analysis, managing data and presenting a project thesis using scientific report writing and presentation techniques.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: Project reports: contract (0%) - mandatory submission, outline (5%), intermediate report (15%), oral presentation (10%), 5000 - 7500 word final report (70%)

TEACHING PATTERN:

Approx 90 hrs supervised project work

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Flexible scheduling - H
Some classes will be held outside normal teaching hours; e.g. weekend blocks, summer schools etc
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO
Prereq For 73G students, any three from KGG212, KGG213, KGG220, KGG330,KGG370. For S5A, N6Y, S7P students, with approval from the unit coordinator.

TEXTS
Hobart Co-op Bookshop Website - Semester (Sem 1)
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2012

STAFF: Dr R Hurd(Coordinator)

FEES
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KEY

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.



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