SLE317 - Australian Vegetation and Its Management

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 2: Tara Lewis
Prerequisite:

Two level 2 SLE-coded units

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
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:

2 x 1 hour online lectures per week (weeks 1-4 and weeks 6-10), 2 x 75 min lectures per trimester (weeks 5 and 11), 4 x 3 hour practical experience (laboratory) per trimester, 1 x 3 night practical experience (field trip).

Note:

Students will be required to meet their own expenses while on fieldwork.

Content

SLE317 will provide a practical and theoretical introduction to the ecology of major terrestrial vegetation groups of Australia. Critical issues in their conservation and management, including threatening processes, climate change, rare, threatened and vulnerable communities, the science underpinning ecological restoration and assessing vegetation quality will be explored. Students will develop skills in the identification of major Australian plant families and vegetation sampling techniques, which are necessary to manage Australian vegetation.

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 the distribution, ecology and threatening processes in Australia's Major Vegetation Groups and identify management issues.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO2

Identify major Australian plant families and apply common vegetation sampling techniques to assess vegetation.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO3

Collect and analyse vegetation data and use evidence-based methodologies to test hypotheses and report results.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
In-class tests
Two 75-minute in-class tests 40% (2 x 20%) Weeks 5 and 11
Assessment 2
Practical test
Worksheet 10% On field trip
Assessment 3
Written report: Field Work
Written report 1500-2000 words 30% Week 8
Assessment 4
Written report: Vegetation Quality Assessment project
Written report 500-1000 words 20% Week 10

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: SLE317 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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