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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.
Trimester 1: 2 x 1 hour online lectures per week (weeks 1-4 and 6-10), 2 x 1 hour seminars per trimester (weeks 5 and 11), 5 x 2 hour practical experience (workshops) per trimester.
Trimester 3: Online independent and collaborative learning including 22 x 1 hour (live or pre-recorded) lectures (intensive, 4 days per week, weeks 1-4), 4 x 2 hour online seminars (weeks 1-4 - typically Thursday week 1, Tuesday week 2, Tuesday and Thursday week 4).
Students must attend and participate in practical experiences (workshops) and practical experience (field trip) at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus on a scheduled half-day (typically Thursday week 2).
SLE103 introduces students to the science of ecology, investigating relationships between organisms and the environment. In this unit, students will also explore climate change and energy issues. They will learn about the nature of science and the scientific method and how to use a systems framework to investigate environmental issues. This will equip students with the capacity to study key environmental issues such as climate systems and ecological systems and make a difference.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solvingGLO7: Teamwork
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO6: Self-management
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
Assessment 1Group poster presentation
Assessment 2Online multiple choice test
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE103 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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