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Unit of Study BIO03098 - Marine Systems Science and Management (2017)

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  • Enrolment information

    Offered only at the National Marine Science Centre in a three-week intensive mode, which includes a compulsory six day residential held outside normal residential weeks for Online students.

Unit description

Examines processes and issues, and integrates principles of natural science and legislation as they relate to the global marine environment. Covers the complex coupling and feedback mechanisms linking the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and the biosphere, and provides insights into international and national marine resource management.

Unit content

Topic 1: Ocean basins and ocean chemistry 
Topic 2: Ocean circulations 
Topic 3: Waves and tides 
Topic 4: Deep-sea environments 
Topic 5: Early life histories of marine invertebrates and fishes 
Topic 6: Marine chemical ecology: the language of life in the sea 
Topic 7: Human uses of marine systems 
Topic 8: Introduction to marine resources management 
Topic 9: Marine management systems

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
National Marine Science Centre Coffs Harbour Session 1 Session 1

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 demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the nature and history of the major oceans, and how the unusual nature of water affects the oceans and climatic systems of the planet
2 provide a detailed explanation of the nature and operation of currents, waves and tides in coastal and oceanic waters
3 understand the way in which the abiotic (physical and chemical) factors control biological events
4 recognise the ways in which we use the marine environment and describe how those uses may interact with natural processes
5 understand what resource management is, and be able to critically evaluate what it does, and how it tries to do it
6 write a high quality scientific report that incorporates statistical analysis of data, follows the instructions to authors for a peer-reviewed journal, and uses Endnote for referencing

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

  1. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the nature and history of the major oceans, and how the unusual nature of water affects the oceans and climatic systems of the planet
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. provide a detailed explanation of the nature and operation of currents, waves and tides in coastal and oceanic waters
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. understand the way in which the abiotic (physical and chemical) factors control biological events
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. recognise the ways in which we use the marine environment and describe how those uses may interact with natural processes
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  5. understand what resource management is, and be able to critically evaluate what it does, and how it tries to do it
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  6. write a high quality scientific report that incorporates statistical analysis of data, follows the instructions to authors for a peer-reviewed journal, and uses Endnote for referencing
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

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