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Unit of Study AGRC2002 - Regenerative Agronomy (2020)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 4 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Introduces students to the principles of regenerative agronomy. Students learn how to manage plants and animals in the context of regenerative agronomy. Ecologically based pest, weed and disease management is examined.  Agronomic monitoring systems are explored.  

Unit content

  • Regenerative agronomic principles
  • Comparing conventional and regenerative approaches to agronomy
  • Managing soil health and constraints in the context of regenerative agronomy
  • Understanding the agronomic environment (landscape context)
  • Managing plants and animals from a regenerative agronomy perspective
  • Ecological management of pests, weeds and diseases
  • Monitoring regenerative agronomic systems

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2020

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify ecological strategies to manage weeds, pests and diseases
2 monitor a regenerative agronomic system
3 develop regenerative agronomic strategies
4 identify the principles of regenerative agronomy.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify ecological strategies to manage weeds, pests and diseases
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. monitor a regenerative agronomic system
    • GA4:
  3. develop regenerative agronomic strategies
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. identify the principles of regenerative agronomy.
    • GA4:
    • GA7: