Courses Handbook 2010

309728 (v.3) Land Resources 101


Area: Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 1 Days Once-only
Syllabus: Land resources as determinants of agricultural production. Morphological and chemical processes of soil formation and landscapes in relation to agro-ecological zones. Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil and their impacts on soil quality and plant growth. Introduction to soil constraints and options for management to increase productivity and to reduce environmental impact. This unit has a field work component.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 059999 Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2010 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2010 Northam Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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