Australian Flora

Subject 207-202 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Undergraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

Semester 2, - 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: Twenty-four hours lectures and 30 hours tutorials/practicals including field trips
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: 202-103 Biology for Land and Food Resources.
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.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Coordinator

Dr Nick Williams
Subject Overview:

On completion of this subject students should have the knowledge and an ability to identify the major taxonomic groups of the fungi, non-vascular and vascular plants, and their basic biology, distribution and significance within the broader ecology of terrestrial ecosystems.

The basic content includes:

  • function, life cycle and phylogenetic relationships of the various major phylum groups within the kingdom plantae

  • selected groups within the kingdom fungi

  • the roles of these groups within the major ecosystems of Australia;

  • further identification of these groups, with a major emphasis on the higher land plants; and

  • preparation of a collection of vascular and non-vascular land plants.
Assessment: A 2-hour examination (50%), two practical tests (10% each), and a plant collection of 30 specimens (30%).
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts:

Information Not Available
Breadth Options: This subject is a level 2 or level 3 subject and is not available to new generation degree students as a breadth option in 2008.
This subject or an equivalent will be available as breadth in the future.
Breadth subjects are currently being developed and these existing subject details can be used as guide to the type of options that might be available.
2009 subjects to be offered as breadth will be finalised before re-enrolment for 2009 starts in early October.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Information Not Available
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Natural Resource Management
Bachelor of Natural Resource Management

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