EV3100 - Coastal Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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Preference will be given to students enrolled in the Marine Science National Program run jointly by James Cook University, the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney.

This subject is an intensive subject that will be held at an island research station (Moreton Bay Research Laboratory). The subject focuses on approaches to managing tropical marine environments. It examines the impacts of human activities on coastal and marine environments. It explores the complex relationships among the ecological and social values of these environments and outlines strategies and tools for their management.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to describe how a broad range of human activities affect ooastal environments;
• appreciate the need for and methods of achieving integrated management of coastal environments;
• to develop an awareness for and be able to use a range of tools for coastal planning and management;
• to develop an understanding of coastal environments and linkages between the physical, ecological and social components of these environments;
• to develop an understanding of the multi-disciplinary nature of the management of coastal environments.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Prerequisites:	36 units of level 1 and 2 subjects inc CH1001 MA1000 MA1003 PH1005, 6 units of biology (inc MB1110), 3 units of biometrics, 6 units of EA EV GE subjects (inc EV1001)
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EV3201 and EV5100 and EV5204

Availabilities
, , Study Period 6
Census Date 07-Jul-2006
Face to face teaching 28-Jun-2006 to 08-Jul-2006
Coord/Lect:	Empro Helene Marsh.
Contact hours:	2 weeks
Assessment:	(75%); (25%).
Restrictions:	Enrolment in this offering is restricted.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.