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Unit of Study ENV10656 - Extension and Professional Practice in Natural Resource Management (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    Completion of any 8 SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 3 day compulsory residential for Online students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.


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 apply skills in application writing to funding applications and employment applications
2 discuss the issues surrounding the differing information and education needs of various community and stakeholder groups involved in resource management
3 evaluate the various participatory approaches to engaging communities and individuals in natural resource management (including participatory rural appraisal, Indigenous research and action research etc.)
4 explore the various levels of government and the administrative structures and reporting systems incorporated within them and the role of employees within these structures
5 develop a communication/education plan for stakeholders affected by natural resource management issues
6 apply negotiation and conflict resolution skills to a variety of situations confronted by natural resource management practitioners
7 communicate science and management issues to identified stakeholders.

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

  1. apply skills in application writing to funding applications and employment applications
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. discuss the issues surrounding the differing information and education needs of various community and stakeholder groups involved in resource management
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. evaluate the various participatory approaches to engaging communities and individuals in natural resource management (including participatory rural appraisal, Indigenous research and action research etc.)
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. explore the various levels of government and the administrative structures and reporting systems incorporated within them and the role of employees within these structures
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  5. develop a communication/education plan for stakeholders affected by natural resource management issues
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  6. apply negotiation and conflict resolution skills to a variety of situations confronted by natural resource management practitioners
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
  7. communicate science and management issues to identified stakeholders.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.