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RSNR501 Pollution Management

Updated: 29 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENVE433 or ENVE533 or ENVE436 or ENVE536 or RSNR301
Notes

All assessment tasks must be satisfactorily completed to be eligible to pass the unit.
Combined Units RSNR301 - Pollution Management
Coordinator(s) Rex Glencross-Grant (rglencro@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides an introduction to pollution management and examines the sources, effects and means of controlling/avoiding pollution including the legal and administrative aspects of pollution. Topics covered include global atmospheric change; environmental risk assessment; air pollution; water pollution; water quality control; solid waste management and resource recovery; and integrated pollution management. The unit adopts a proactive approach to reducing/avoiding pollution rather than a regressive control approach.
Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science
ISBN: 9780131481930
Masters, G.M. and Ela, W.P., Pearson Education 3rd ed. 2008
Note: Or ISBN 9780132339346
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , 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 10% 500
Assessment Notes
Online Posting
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 2, 6
Assignment 2 15% 1500
Assessment Notes
Climate Change Critique
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6
Assignment 3 25% 2000
Assessment Notes
Integrated Pollution Management Report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Online Assessment 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Final Examination 2 hrs 40%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a broad understanding of the key concepts relating to environmental problems;
  2. understand decision-making concepts and processes as they relate to environmental planning, design and management;
  3. demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of general environmental problems, to be aware of some specific cases and be able to critically evaluate material in the popular press;
  4. demonstrate high proficiency in critical thinking and evaluation of your own work and that of others in the area; and
  5. utilise and apply effective technical presentation techniques, advanced written and oral communication, computer and professional skills to the extent that you will be adept at providing a sound and reasoned technical report and be able to present such material to a target audience.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will be provided with essential knowledge needed for this unit, including explanation of key terms used by way of a detailed glossary. Students will be expected to know key terms and concepts to the extent that they can demonstrate and apply them in assessments. Keywords for particular aspects will be clearly listed at the start of each module/topic. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Informed use of the language of communications will be developed and enhanced in regular professional-level discussions in the online Discussions tool and in assignments. More formal written communication and the ability to write a properly constructed project report will be developed in assessment tasks. These activities will help students to develop the ability to present a coherent and well-reasoned argument. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
A global perspective will develop as students look beyond their immediate locale at the processes of pollution management on a broad scale and develop the global context of the discipline and its ability to minimise or solve problems. Interaction with students from all over Australia and overseas will assist in developing students? understanding of global environmental problems. Further, case studies and overseas examples will be cited where necessary to provide an international perspective. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be provided with the ability to find (undertake research or investigation), organise and present information by directed and informed web searches, which will implicitly require some evaluation of the veracity or credibility of the web sources. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Lifelong learning is developed as students gain confidence in their ability to search for and find sources of information relevant to the discipline students. Students will develop the ability to identify, evaluate and implement personal learning strategies and/or study skills in pursuit of ongoing personal and professional development. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving will prepare students for dealing with and solving real-world problems that arise in environmental management. Practice exercises that have been provided and ongoing web discussion, to collaboratively address problems, will be actively encouraged 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be encouraged to act ethically and be socially responsible. These are underlying principles of the discipline of environmental management as urban and regional planners, engineers and other related professionals develop projects, which reduce, minimise or prevent harm to the environment and its multiple inhabitants. 		True True True
8 Team Work
This is an essential part of you developing teamwork skills to learn in a professional forum to discuss, calmly and rationally, ideas and concepts, sometimes controversial and sometimes from different points of view. This, in addition to the ability to use the language of the discipline in reasoned argument, is one of the aims of online discussions. 		True True
   

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