BZ5215 - Conservation Biology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Available to students enrolled for the Graduate Diploma of Research Methods; Master of Applied Science; or Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate of Science.
This subject covers the application of principles from population ecology, community ecology and genetics to the conservation of threatened populations and communities. Topics include causes of extinction, stochastic population modelling, genetics in conservation, concepts in biodiversity, systematic conservation planning, case studies. 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.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline or have acquired equivalent knowledge through other study. They should have a good background in biology and a good understanding of principles of population and community ecology, and of quantitative methods in biology (BS5001 or equivalent). |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BZ3215 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Lin Schwarzkopf |
| Lecturers: | Assoc. Professor Peter Valentine, Assoc. Professor Michelle Waycott, Professor Christopher Johnson, Professor David Blair, 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 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Lin Schwarzkopf |
| 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.