| Assessment |
| Title |
Exam Length |
Weight |
Mode |
No. Words |
| Life History Essay |
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15%
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1500 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1, 2, 5
GA: 1-4 |
| Practical Report |
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20%
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1500 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 2-5
GA: 1-4, 6 |
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| Final Examination |
2 hrs
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65%
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| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1, 2
GA: 1-3 |
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Attribute |
Taught |
Assessed |
Practised |
| 1 |
Knowledge of a Discipline
Unit materials and learning activities are based on current knowledge in the discipline. Students' ability to apply this knowledge to ecological problems will be examined in all assessment tasks.
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| 2 |
Communication Skills
Written communication skills are taught, practised and assessed in all assessment tasks.
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| 3 |
Global Perspectives
Unit material will describe the global context of the discipline and the information provided will be relevant not only in Australia but world-wide. Students will practise and be assessed on the global perspective in all assessment tasks.
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| 4 |
Information Literacy
Students will be expected to demonstrate high-level competencies in accessing relevant information from journals, books and on-line sources and will be assessed on their ability to use this information in all their assessment tasks.
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| 5 |
Life-Long Learning
This unit will stimulate scientific curiosity and awareness. Students will be required to develop life-long learning skills such as information acquisition, problem-solving and critical analysis. At 500 level, students will be required to choose their own topic for their research proposal, allowing them to pursue learning which is most appropriate for their particular needs.
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| 6 |
Problem Solving
During the residential school students will be instructed, and practice, problem solving skills. Problem solving skills will be assessed in the research report and exam. At 500 level, the project proposal will require students to articulate relevant questions/hypotheses and design experiments to answer these questions.
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| 7 |
Social Responsibility
Theoretical and practical aspects of the unit that relate to the role of plant population ecology in biodiversity conservation is relevant to this graduate attribute.
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| 8 |
Team Work
Activities during the residential school will be undertaken in association with other students so that this graduate attribute is practised in the unit.
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