Environmental Stress and Adaptation (11774.1)
Please note these are the 2023 details for this unit
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-Campus |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Science And Technology |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Academic Program Area - Science | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
The Earth is experiencing substantive biodiversity loss due to a wide range of anthropogenic stressors. The future of biodiversity depends on how organisms, their populations, communities and ecosystems respond to stress, so it is critical that environmental scientists have a well-developed understanding of the effects of stressors on biodiversity and how organisms can adapt through acclimation and evolution. This unit brings together concepts in stress ecology, ecotoxicology and adaptation in a multidisciplinary context to introduce students to how stressors are changing organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems. There is a focus on major applied issues such as climate change, land-use change, pollution and invasion, with concepts taught through a combination of theory and practical classes contextualised through field-based applications.
1. Understand the major threats to biodiversity and how biodiversity might respond;
2. Analyse the responses of biodiversity to stressor at multiple levels of biological organisation;
3. Evaluate the response of biodiversity across a stress gradient or gradients; and
4. Evaluate how biodiversity responds when subject to multiple stressors.
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Understand the major threats to biodiversity and how biodiversity might respond;
2. Analyse the responses of biodiversity to stressor at multiple levels of biological organisation;
3. Evaluate the response of biodiversity across a stress gradient or gradients; and
4. Evaluate how biodiversity responds when subject to multiple stressors.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
Prerequisites
11771 Meeting Environmental Challenges: FoundationsCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 31 July 2023 | On-Campus | Dr Ben Kefford |
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