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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.

313555 (v.1) Integrated Coastal Zone Management 200

Area: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
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
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit considers coastal resources in terms of the ecosystem services they provide and the communities they support, with emphasis on Australia and South East Asia. Issues covered include the impacts of industrial expansion, exploited wild-stock fisheries, coastal aquaculture, terrestrial and aquatic pollution, multiple land use demands, natural hazards and climate change. Students will study the effectiveness of management strategies employed to achieve sustainable use of coastal and oceanic resources, using case studies (with emphasis on commercial fisheries and aquaculture) from around the world, including developing countries.
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