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Unit of Study AGT00217 - Land Degradation and Rehabilitation (2020)

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    This is an Advanced level unit that requires students to have an understanding of soil classification and soil physical and chemical properties as provided by AGR00214 - Soil Processes or equivalent experience. There will be a 3-day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to https://www.scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Examines the causes, the prevention and the rehabilitation of various forms of land degradation. These forms include: soil erosion by wind and water; soil structural degradation; acidification; mass movement; salinity; water repellence and biological degradation. The design of soil conservation structures, the economics of land degradation and land capability classification are also examined.

Unit content

  • Soil erosion by water and wind
  • Soil structural degradation
  • Soil acidification
  • Water repellence by soil
  • Salinisation
  • Land capability classification
  • Soil conservation structure design
  • Acid sulfate soils and their management
  • Mass movement

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
Session2
Session2
Online
Session2
N/A

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 and discuss the causes, prevention and rehabilitation of a range of types of land degradation
2 classify land according to a land capability classification system
3 explain the principles and practices of soil conservation structure design
4 critically analyse a selected land use or land management issue in relation to its land degradation potential and recommend prevention and rehabilitation strategies.

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

  1. identify and discuss the causes, prevention and rehabilitation of a range of types of land degradation
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. classify land according to a land capability classification system
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. explain the principles and practices of soil conservation structure design
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. critically analyse a selected land use or land management issue in relation to its land degradation potential and recommend prevention and rehabilitation strategies.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.