| Assessment |
| Title |
Exam Length |
Weight |
Mode |
No. Words |
| Assignment 1 |
|
20%
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|
2500 |
| Assessment Notes |
| Topic Choice |
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| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-5
GA: 1, 2, 4 |
| Quiz |
|
15%
|
|
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| Assessment Notes |
| Multiple choice questions |
|
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-5
GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 |
| Report |
|
20%
|
|
2000 |
| Assessment Notes |
| Laboratory Report |
|
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-5
GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 |
| Seminar |
|
15%
|
|
|
| Assessment Notes |
| 15 minutes |
|
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-5
GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 |
|
| Final Examination |
2 hrs
|
30%
|
|
|
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-5
GA: 1-4, 6 |
|
| Learning Outcomes (LO) |
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
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demonstrate an understanding of the initiation and development, and function and structure of mammalian wool and describe the differences in skin structure between different sheep breeds;
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explain the ultrastructure of the wool fibre and describe the chemical composition of the various cells composing the wool fibre;
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demonstrate an understanding of the principles of measurement and their relationship with sampling regimes, and an understanding of the impact of test results on sheep selection, processing prediction formulae and processing performance;
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describe the main techniques and procedures of measuring yield, fibre diameter, staple length, strength and position of break, colour, fibre curvature and resistance to compression;
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demonstrate an understanding of the principles of new measurements including dark or medullated fibres and non-wool contamination.
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
|
Attribute |
Taught |
Assessed |
Practised |
| 1 |
Knowledge of a Discipline
Taught in lectures, assessed through written essays, and
examinations. Students gain familiarity with practical aspects of the field through a mandatory industry tour.
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|
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| 2 |
Communication Skills
Students develop their written communication skills through the completion of two essays
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| 3 |
Global Perspectives
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| 4 |
Information Literacy
Students are taught how to use a range of agricultural databases to source scholarly,peer-reviewed articles to support the arguments developed in their essays
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| 6 |
Problem Solving
Students will be critically analyse the literature and current meat industry practices and
present their arguments in essay form
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| 8 |
Team Work
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