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ENV BIOL 1002 - Ecological Issues I

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 3820
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 6 hours per week, plus field trip
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Assessment: Tests, written assignments
Syllabus:

The principal aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge that will enable them to participate actively in an informed debate about environmental problems. It provides students with an opportunity to learn about the 'scientific method' and to practice using it during laboratory and field practicals that are written up as assignments. It also supports students’ learning and understanding of science communication by including assignments formatted as scientific posters, blog posts, and more traditional reports. The lectures cover the significant environmental issues of resource utilisation, pollution and waste; ecosystem services and ecological footprints; global cycles; Australian landscapes and soils; biodiversity, grazing and Traditional Ecological Knowledge; invasive species; freshwater and marine ecosystems; climate change; past extinction events and paleoecology (what can we learn from the past?); and environmental management. As a result, the students will come away from the course with a better understanding and ability to communicate the major ecological issues facing the environment today, their causes and severity, and what can/is being done to address them. There is the opportunity to discuss problems and assignments in tutorials. Details of field trips and lab practicals are communicated at the start of the course.

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3
0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
3820 Mon 06/08/2018 Fri 31/08/2018 Fri 14/09/2018 Fri 26/10/2018


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
25051 LE01 270 77 23 Jul - 10 Sep Monday 9am - 10am Scott Theatre, 001, Scott Theatre
24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
27 Jul - 14 Sep Friday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
5 Oct - 26 Oct Friday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
8 Oct - 22 Oct Monday 9am - 10am Scott Theatre, 001, Scott Theatre
Related Class: Practical
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
25052 PR01 90 10 24 Jul - 11 Sep Tuesday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room
2 Oct - 23 Oct Tuesday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room
25053 PR02 90 26 25 Jul - 12 Sep Wednesday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room
3 Oct - 24 Oct Wednesday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room
25054 PR03 90 41 26 Jul - 13 Sep Thursday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Thursday 1pm - 4pm Benham, G25, Peter Martin Room