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RSNR120 Sustainable Management and Monitoring of Agricultural and Marine Systems

Updated: 26 April 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
16 September 2010 19 September 2010 Mandatory
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.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
ISBN: 9780073512112
Grifith, W.T. and Brosing, J.W., McGraw-Hill 6th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Engineering Your Future: An Australasian Guide
ISBN: 9781742166919
Dowling, D., Carew, A. and Hadgraft, R., Wiley 2010
Note: This text is for Bachelor of Engineering Technology students only
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Referenced Material
Optional 		Text(s):

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

Australians and Their Environment: An Introduction to Environmental Studies
ISBN: 9780190020644
Alpin, G., OUP 2nd ed.
Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Agriculture in Australia: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780195560114
Malcolm, B., Sale, P., Leury, B. and Barlow, S., Oxford University Press 2nd ed. 2009
Note: Available from the Dixson Library, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 25% 1500
Assessment Notes
Assignments
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 5 GA: 1, 3, 7
Laboratory Work 20%
Assessment Notes
laboratory work/reports
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 4 GA: 5-7
Unit Test 20%
Assessment Notes
Short tests (max 2 hours)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 4 GA: 3, 4, 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 35%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 3, 4 GA: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the key principles of sustainability as they relate to the management of Australian agricultural, natural and marine resources;
  2. appreciate the economic principles that are involved in decision making about sustainable resource management in agricultural, natural and marine ecosystems;
  3. understand and explain how managed and natural systems provide resources to meet human needs and aspirations;
  4. able to appreciate and describe the scientific principles that underpin the technologies related to the student's degree, associated with monitoring, description and manipulation of systems;
  5. demonstrate a range of manipulative, observational, interpretive, written and graphical communication skills.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Core component of unit teaching content. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Focus on both written and oral communication at key practical components. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Discuss resources management in world as well as national context. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Fundamental to gathering of information for assessment tasks. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Builds on previous knowledge from earlier units. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Basis of experimental approach /scientific method is taught. 		True
8 Team Work
Number of practical classes require team work as component of learning. 		True True True
   

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