Tackling Environmental Challenges: Conservation (11777.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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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 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit builds on the content and concepts developed in previous environmental science specialisation units, integrating them in the context of theory and methods underpinning the science of conserving biological diversity. Students will undertake an in-depth exploration of key issues in conservation management, including understanding the drivers of species decline and extinction, the risks faced by small populations, reversing declines through threat mitigation, reserve management and restoration, and managing conflicting interests. This unit addresses various Threshold Learning Outcomes (TLO) for environment and sustainability endorsed by the Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (ACEDD).
1. Develop an in-depth understanding of current theory and methods in conservation ecology;
2. Critically evaluate and apply theory and methods to real conservation problems;
3. Design and execute a research task pertaining to a problem in conservation management, thinking critically and creatively in designing and evaluating sustainable alternatives and envisioning sustainable futures (ACEDD TLO 3.2);
4. Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of key environmental and sustainability challenges and their drivers, with holistic systems thinking and complexity (ACEDD TLO 1.2 and 1.3);
5. Reflect on and direct own learning and practice in the context of environment and sustainability (ACEDD TLO 4.1); and
6. Demonstrate ethical professional, public and personal conduct by having capacity to participate constructively in decision-making consistent with the principles of sustainable development (ACEDD TLO 4.2).
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 - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Develop an in-depth understanding of current theory and methods in conservation ecology;
2. Critically evaluate and apply theory and methods to real conservation problems;
3. Design and execute a research task pertaining to a problem in conservation management, thinking critically and creatively in designing and evaluating sustainable alternatives and envisioning sustainable futures (ACEDD TLO 3.2);
4. Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of key environmental and sustainability challenges and their drivers, with holistic systems thinking and complexity (ACEDD TLO 1.2 and 1.3);
5. Reflect on and direct own learning and practice in the context of environment and sustainability (ACEDD TLO 4.1); and
6. Demonstrate ethical professional, public and personal conduct by having capacity to participate constructively in decision-making consistent with the principles of sustainable development (ACEDD TLO 4.2).
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills1. 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 - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
Prerequisites
11771 Meeting Environmental Challenges: Foundations AND 11776 Land and WaterCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
10234 Conservation EcologyAssumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Adrian Dusting |
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