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Unit of Study BIO01230 - Principles of Coastal Resource Management (2018)

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  • Pre-requisites

      Must have completed any 8 SCU Units

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:

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1 discuss the range of coastal management problems in Australia and the agencies involved in decision making for the coastal zone
2 evaluate some of the major issues relating to planning for coastal management in Australia and overseas
3 synthesise and apply scientific knowledge and insights to the non-scientific tasks of making decisions on resource management using environmental assessment frameworks
4 apply problem-analysis techniques to define the information needed to tackle problems in coastal management.
5 demonstrate an understanding of issues related to the management of indigenous cultural heritage sites.

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

  1. discuss the range of coastal management problems in Australia and the agencies involved in decision making for the coastal zone
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. evaluate some of the major issues relating to planning for coastal management in Australia and overseas
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. synthesise and apply scientific knowledge and insights to the non-scientific tasks of making decisions on resource management using environmental assessment frameworks
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. apply problem-analysis techniques to define the information needed to tackle problems in coastal management.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. demonstrate an understanding of issues related to the management of indigenous cultural heritage sites.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

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