Unit description
Examines processes and issues, and integrates principles of natural science and legislation as they relate to the global marine environment. Covers the complex coupling and feedback mechanisms linking the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and the biosphere, and provides insights into international and national marine resource management.
Unit content
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the nature and history of the major oceans | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 2 | explain the unusual nature of water and how it affects the oceans and climatic systems of the planet | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 3 | provide a detailed explanation of the nature and operation of currents, waves and tides in coastal and oceanic waters | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 4 | recognise the ways in which we use the marine environment and describe how those uses may interact with natural processes | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 5 | understand what resource management is, and be able to critically evaluate what it does, and how it tries to do it | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 6 | write a high quality scientific report that incorporates statistical analysis of data, follows the instructions to authors for a peer-reviewed journal, and uses Endnote for referencing. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | ||||
Prescribed texts
Session 1
- This book is the prescribed textbook for this and other units that are run at the NMSC. It can be purchased from the Co-op Bookshp in both Lismore and Coffs Harbour, and there are limited copies available for loan from the Lismore and NMSC libraries: Connell, SD & Gillanders, BM , 2007, Marine Ecology, Oxford University Press, Australia.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 2
Fee paying courses
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International
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