Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Lismore | ||
| Online | N/A |
Unit description
Examines principles of combustion and fire behaviour based on an understanding of meteorological events; the role of fire in ecosystem function; techniques of fire control including hazard reduction and other prescribed burning techniques; review of suppression strategies.
Unit content
1. Fire Through Time: pre-human, Aboriginal and European fire
2. Plant and Animal Adaptations: surviving fire and exploiting the post fire environment
3. Open-ecosystems: the role of fire in shaping ecosystem structure & distribution
4. Fire Behaviour: the role of weather, topography and fuel dynamics
5. Fire Management: managing fire regimes for hazard reduction and ecological burning, cultural burning
6. Fire in a Changing World: climate change and carbon cycles
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | understand the physical principles driving fire behaviour |
| 2 | demonstrate an advanced understanding of the ecological role of fire, particularly in forested ecosystems |
| 3 | analyse opposing fire management systems for their impact on ecological health and community safety. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand the physical principles driving fire behaviour
- demonstrate an advanced understanding of the ecological role of fire, particularly in forested ecosystems
- analyse opposing fire management systems for their impact on ecological health and community safety.
Prescribed texts
- William J. Bond, 2019, Open Ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge, First Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom. ISBN: 9780198812456.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial on-site 1 hour (6 week (as required)) |
| Lecture on-site 2 hours (11 weeks) |
| Residential session 3 days |
| Assessment | |
| Exam: open book | 40% |
| Report | 30% |
| Seminar | 15% |
| Quiz | 15% |
| Teaching method |
| Tutorial online 1 hour (6 weeks (as required)) |
| Residential session 3 days |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (11 weeks ) |
| Assessment | |
| Exam: open book | 40% |
| Report | 30% |
| Seminar | 15% |
| Quiz | 15% |
Fee information
Domestic
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