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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313501 (v.1) Land and Water Resources 100

Area: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit has three aims: Review climatic zones and underlying geological and soil forming processes and develop an understanding of major soil groups and classification schemes in the world - with a particular emphasis on Southern Australia. The concepts of soil "health' ie. the integration of Soil physical, chemical and biological factors as a platform for ecosystem function and agricultural land use will be developed; Study the distribution and use of water resources in relation to agriculture, coastal zone management and aquaculture; Describe natural ecosystems in terms of their soil, water and environmental resources and the impact of these on distribution of vegetation and subsequent land and water quality. Completion of this unit will provide a platform for further study in all areas of the Environment and Agriculture degree - environment biology, agriculture, horticulture, coastal zone management and aquaculture.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 059999 Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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