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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

ECEV3001 (v.1) Terrestrial and Marine Science Field Project

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.
Science Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 6 Days Semester
Equivalent(s): 314536 (v.1) Terrestrial and Marine Science Field Project 300 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s): 303373 (v.6) Aquatic Science Study Tour 202 or any previous version
AND
303382 (v.5) Aquatic Science International Study Tour 302 or any previous version
AND
ENST2001 (v.1) Aquatic Science Study Tour
Prerequisite(s): 314504 (v.1) Marine Ecology 200 or any previous version
OR
312395 (v.2) Ecology 200 or any previous version
OR
MARI2000 (v.1) Marine Ecology or any previous version
OR
ECEV2000 (v.1) Terrestrial Ecology or any previous version
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.
Additional Tuition Pattern Information: Fieldwork: 7 Days, Semesterly Practical: 2 Hours, Once Weekly - Weeks 7-12 only
Syllabus: Terrestrial and Marine Science Field Project is a project based unit that tasks students with developing and carrying out a field-based research project in one of two general study locations relevant to their major. This is a capstone-type unit, preparing students for employment in a range of workplaces including Federal, State and Local Government, environment and conservation agencies, environmental consulting firms and nongovernment organisations. It will be particularly useful for students wishing to pursue postgraduate study in terrestrial, coastal or marine research. Student will review and put into practice, skill gained through the Environmental Biology, Environmental Science or Coastal and Marine Science Majors (e.g. experimental design, field sampling and data analysis skills). They then develop a research question, design a field based study and collect samples and/or observational data to add to the knowledge and management of terrestrial or coastal zones in Western Australia. The on-campus practical sessions are set aside for processing of samples and data analysis. Student will produce a group paper on their particular study, demonstrating the application of their scientific research skills, to the specifications of one of a range of relevant journals. They will get feedback to allow final submission of their article.
Field of Education: 010905 Ecology and Evolution
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 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


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