BT5106:03
Contemporary Issues in Agriculture
Townsville
Inadmissable Subject Combination: TA5110
An independent study subject involving seminars, tutorials and library research. Second semester.
Staff: Assoc. Professor R Coventry, Mr C Gardiner.
Understanding, sustaining and using tropical environments for the production of food, fibre and shelter; tropical crops; tropical pastures; farming systems; land management; issues of concern to students.
Learning Objectives:
- to introduce students to techniques used in studies of plant and animal production with special relevance to the tropics;
- to provide training in the design of experiments and field trials in agriculture and in the analysis of results;
- to develop competence in basic research techniques and research communication;
- to develop student skills in searching scientific literature, critical reading, writing and seminar presentation with emphasis on topics relevant to tropical agriculture.
Continuous assessment of performance in tutorials, practice sessions, assignments and seminar presentations. Students are encouraged to continue to seek individual tuition in specific problem areas until evidence of a satisfactory application of knowledge can be demonstrated. Assessment by performance in 6 written assignments and 4 seminars derived from the assignments.
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