BZ4102 - Applied Ecology and Conservation Minor Project (Part 2 of 2)

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Subject chain:	BZ4101 BZ4102
Administered by:	School of Marine & Tropical Biology

Available to students in the BAppSc (Applied Ecology and Conservation) program. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subject in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

Short supervised project (about six weeks duration) attached to on-going research program in applied ecology and conservation in the University or other relevant organisation. Includes project design, targeted literature review, field and/or laboratory work, analysis and final report production.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to undertake independent research project, while contributing to a team program;
• development of analytical and reporting skills;
• understanding of basic research procedures and their application.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner.

Prerequisites:	BS2001 or BZ2400 and level 3 BT BZ and/or ZL subjects required for program
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	BT4050 and BZ4000 and BZ4010 and ZL4000

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Assessment:	project;.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Assessment:	project;.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Assessment:	project;.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Assessment:	project;.

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.