BZ5215 - Conservation Biology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Available to students enrolled for the degrees of MSc; a two semester customised DipResMeth (in lieu of Masters Qual); MAppSc; BAppSc or Graduate Diplomas.
This subject covers the application of principles from genetics and ecology to the problems of conservation of biodiversity in terrestrial environments. Topics include the fitness and viability of small populations, community processes and species richness, landscape ecology and habitat fragmentation, conservation strategies and the conservation of biodiversity in Australia. Students will attend lectures, tutorials and practical classes in BZ3215 and will also undertake a project or a major literature review.
Learning Outcomes
- development of critical faculties in the use of theory-based techniques and guidelines for management;
- familiarity with current theory and controversies in Conservation Biology;
- understanding of the interface between theory and practice in conservation.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
- The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
| Prerequisites: | Consult HoS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ZL3204 and ZL5204 and BZ3215 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Christopher Johnson |
| Lecturers: | Assoc. Professor Peter Valentine, Assoc. Professor Michelle Waycott, Professor Christopher Johnson, Professor Ross Alford. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (%); tutorial attendance and participation (%); project report; (%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Christopher Johnson |
| Lecturers: | Dr Anna Koetz, Professor Christopher Johnson. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (%); tutorial attendance and participation (%); project report; (%). |
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.