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RSNR120 Sustainable Management and Monitoring of Agricultural and Marine Systems

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level A - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
22 September 2008 25 September 2008 Compulsory
Supervised Exam November
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AGSY 110
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Geoff Hinch (ghinch@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit aims to expose students to the key principles of economic and environmental sustainability of agricultural and marine systems in Australia. The unit addresses economic issues such as scarce resource allocation, ways of allocating resources: Cost benefit analysis, Gross Margin analysis; Growing world-wide emphasis on market-based solutions and consumerism. Then the unit moves to examining key concepts of sustainable plant and animal agriculture/aquaculture and methods for describing these production systems at a landscape level. The final section of the unit will include a choice of one of three modules (specific to the degree of enrolment) that will focus on the science behind the monitoring, description and manipulation of these systems: ie agricultural physics, marine management and landscape description.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Physics of Everday Phenomena (includes Access Card)
ISBN: 9780073253152
Grifith, W.T., McGraw-Hill 5th ed.
Note: Includes Acees Card
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Agriculture in Australia: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780195536959
Malcolm, B., Sale, P. and Egan, A., Oxford University Press 1996
Australians and Their Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Studies
ISBN: 9780190020644
Alpin, G., OUP 2nd ed.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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