Sustainable Catchment Management

Subject 207-171 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Undergraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Semester 1, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Thirty-six hours of lectures and 36 hours of practicals/tutorials
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Subject Overview:

The objectives of this unit are intended to extend the participant's ability to assess and manage issues relating to:

  • systems approach to regional land management affecting soil and water;

  • use and conservation;

  • management of conflicting values relating to natural resource production systems within catchment areas; and

  • analysis of physical and socio-economic implications for catchment management.

The topics covered in this unit include:

  • a background in systems thinking;

  • sustainability;

  • implications for national and regional biodiversity; and

  • the political, geological and ecological implications for catchment management.
Assessment: One 3-hour end-of- semester examination (50% of final marks) and two mid-semester assignments each equivalent to 3000 words (25% each of final marks).
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Information Not Available
Related Course(s): Associate Degree in Agriculture

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