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WOOL412 Sheep Production

Updated: 16 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)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
22 April 2013 24 April 2013 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites ANPR211 or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions WOOL512
Notes

Off-campus students will have online access to online quiz materials and chat options as well as resource materials online.

Combined Units WOOL512 - Sheep Production
Coordinator(s) Emma Doyle (edoyle3@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit introduces the major themes associated with sheep production in Australia including: wool production, sheep meat production, sheep management, sheep breeding, grazing and nutritional management. The unit represents a specialisation for students planning to enter the sheep and wool industry. Students enrolled in WOOL512 will have to complete additional guided reading/practical work appropriate to the needs of individual students.
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
Referenced Material
Optional 		Text(s):

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

International Sheep and Wool Handbook
ISBN: 9781904761860
Cottle, D.J. (ed), Australian Wool Innovation 1st ed. 2013
Note: Held in Dixson Library Call No. Q338.1763/I61
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 20% 1200
Assessment Notes
Topic Choice
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4
Multiple Choice Questions 15% 500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Practical Portfolio 30% 1200
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Seminar/pamphlet presentation 15%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Written Assignment 20% 2500
Assessment Notes
Topic Set
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-6 GA: 1-4, 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. document a clear picture of the Australian sheep industry;
  2. articulate their understanding of the inherently variable nature of wool and meat as a product;
  3. compare components of wool variability namely: fleece weight, diameter length and density, staple strength, style, colour, vegetable fault and dark fibre contamination;
  4. describe the major environmental challenges to sheep production namely: health and disease, physiological demand and breeding and genetics;
  5. quantify the importance of genetics and selection on improving returns per head; and
  6. articulate the role that grazing and nutritional management have in determining returns per hectare from sheep and describe bench marking of the sheep enterprise and how the knowledge can be transferred into action within the sheep production sector.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of a discipline is fundamental to the unit and is taught and assessed in both the intensive school and/or alternative assessment. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Skills are taught and practiced both in oral and written format in essay and seminar assessment requirements. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
Production in the main areas of the world are covered. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Fundamental skills are assessed by the essay and seminar tasks, and principles are taught and practised at the Intensive School. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
An approach to systems analysis is taught as a basis for problem solving and utilised throughout the intensive school. 		True True
8 Team Work
Practical sessions throughout the intensive schools are largely run in a team environment and awareness of team functionality is taught. 		True True True
   

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