SLE151 - Biodiversity: A Global Perspective

Unit details

Note: You are seeing the 2013 view of this unit information. These details may no longer be current. [Go to the current version]
Enrolment modes:(B)
Credit point(s):1
Previously coded as:

SQB143, SQB151

EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:

E Ritchie

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

SLE010

Contact hours: 2 x 1 hour lectures, 1 x 2 hour practical per week

Note:

Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.

Content

This unit includes: Extinction; speciation; rarity and threatened species; conservation strategies; plant and animal diversity; threatening processes; human cultural attitudes to wildlife exploitation and conservation; genetic diversity and molecular techniques in biodiversity conservation.

Assessment

Assignments (1 x 10%, 2 x 15%) 40%, oral presentation 10%, examination 50%

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$1045$1045$3969$4557

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.