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2025 unit information
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Online independent and collaborative learning including 5 x 1 hour online seminars per trimester.
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.
Ocean and coastal ecosystems provide goods and services that are imperative to human survival and well-being. Coastal protection, fish production, and biogeochemical cycling - just to name a few. We rely on our oceans and coasts in so many ways, which we rarely recognise. With coastal development and ocean exploitation, many of the goods and services provided by our oceans and coasts are under threat, and now climate change presents new challenges; rising seas, extreme weather events, ocean acidification, and warmer waters. Fortunately, humanity is awakening to the fact that we depend on our oceans and coasts. Citizens, governments, and industries are rising to the challenge of better ocean and coastal management. This solutions-oriented unit will: explore ways we can better govern our oceans; the role of the oceans in climate change mitigation; innovations in technology for ocean exploration and research, and financial mechanisms for investing in our coasts. The unit will build awareness of hot topics in marine science, and develop skills in practical measures for sustainable ocean and coastal management in the face of climate change. Industry guest speakers and leading scientists will discuss how they built a career in marine science, and where they think the future is headed.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of ocean and coastal ecosystem services provision, and describe their global critical functions, and the major threats to their functionality.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO2
Develop an understanding of current policies and governance methods. Students will outline and discuss approaches used to restore and maintain the health of coastal and ocean systems.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO8: Global citizenship
ULO3
Students will discover and learn from leading industry experts and scientists how they established a thriving career in marine science. Recognise and differentiate the various concepts involved in integrated marine and coastal management, their global applications, and adaption to climate change policy and variants in international and national marine and coastal affairs.
ULO4
Develop skills in science communication, critically analyse peer- reviewed literature, and produce comprehensive, well-researched reports on current environmental topics and issues.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solvingGLO6: Self-management
ULO5
Develop the ability to reflect on practical and professional skills obtained from teamwork collaboration.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem-solvingGLO6: Self-managementGLO7: TeamworkGLO8: Global citizenship
Group task to produce a short digital video
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.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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