RSNR120 Sustainable Management and Monitoring of Agricultural and Marine Systems
Updated: 07 May 2009| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level A- Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) |
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| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | AGSY110 | |||||||||
| 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. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
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| Referenced Material Optional |
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Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional
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| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |