SLE305 - Integrating Marine, Coastal and Catchment Management
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | SQE305 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Bill Borrie |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in S337, S398, S399 |
| Prerequisite: | Any two level 2 SLE-coded units |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SLE755 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 3 hour practical experience (workshop) per week. |
Note:Students may be required to meet their own expenses while on fieldwork. | |
Content
Global concepts and the theoretical basis of integrated land and sea management, e.g. Integrated Catchment Management and Integrated Marine and Coastal Zone Management are introduced. A case study of a global leader in integrated coastal zone and catchment management (Victoria) is used to illustrate the implementation of the concepts. Approaches taken to the integrated management of catchments and coasts and the roles of government, semi-government and local government authorities, and non-government organisation and the community in management are described and discussed. Overlaps of responsibility, possible conflicts of interest, and unclear boundaries of responsibility are identified. Western Victoria is used as a case study of integrated catchment management. The logic of the catchment as an area for both and management and planning purposes is discussed. Methods used to evaluate the social, biophysical and land-use characteristics and to develop community awareness and involvement in problems with catchment associated with catchments and coasts are described.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Describe, identify, interpret and evaluate the internationally accepted concepts of Integrated Catchment Management and Integrated Marine and Coastal Zone Management. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Describe, identify and evaluate the government, semi-government and non government organisations involved in catchment management and coastal management at the national, state and regional levels in Australia. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Analyse, compare and contrast the successes and failures in attempts to integrate catchment and coastal management in Victoria and Australia and devise and argue for a revised approach to integration. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Evaluate the successes and failures in attempts to integrate catchment and coastal management in practice using Victoria as a case study and communicate and support these findings [as part of a team]. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Contrast, compare, interpret, evaluate and judge the current practices of coastal management practitioners in the field. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 Review | Written essay, 2000 word maximum | 35% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 Spatial planning case study | Spatial planning exercise, written analysis and oral presentation | 65% (10%, 30%, 25%) (worksheets, report, debate/writeup) | Weeks 10, 11 and 12 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE305 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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