Urban Horticulture Issues & Perspectives

This subject is not offered in 2016.

170 hours.

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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21st century urban greenspace management requires an integrated multi-disciplinary approach. This subject, undertaken in the final semester of the Masters of Urban Horticulture, provides a basis for students to integrate and apply the knowledge they have gained throughout the course to solve a real world problem.

Guided by academic staff and industry representatives, students will research current local, national or international cases using a problem based approach to develop planning, design, management, data acquisition and synthesis, and communication skills. The subject will be structured around a project in which students will work in teams of 4-5 people to assess, plan and document appropriate solutions for problems associated with an urban landscape.

• develop an understanding of problem solving methodologies and demonstrate personal accountability by applying solutions to the diversity of challenges facing urban horticultural managers
• interpret, critically analyse and evaluate data to effectively implement horticultural programs, designs and operations
• investigate and demonstrate innovative approaches to the contemporary, interdisciplinary management of urban landscapes
• effectively communicate, to a range of audiences, the environmental and functional value of urban horticultural to the development of creative and vibrant cities

• Assessment of groups LMS discussion board in week 4 and 8 (20%).
• Group project, problem based and encompassing a technical and multi-disciplinary report (10-12,000 Words) due last week of second semester (60%)
• A 30 min group presentation due last week of second semester (20%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.