BUSH ENVIRONMENTS

OED2BE

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject includes content of natural history, land management, and ecology directly relevant to selected bush environments of south eastern Australia. Students develop technical expertise of bushwalking to enable safe exploration and promote experiential and interpretative knowledge of bush environments. Students will attend a 9 day field trip - this is a hurdle requirement.

School: Education (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Allison Hughes

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Wildlife of the box-ironbark country

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Tzaros, C.

Year: 2005

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: MELBOURNE : CSIRO PUBLISHING

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Victoria's box-ironbark country: A field guide

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Calder, M., Calder, J., and McCann, I.

Year: 2002

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: MELBOURNE: VNPA

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Analyse and evaluate cultural and natural history issues relevant to becoming a naturalist/guide of a nature tourism/outdoor environmental education program.
02. Demonstrate naturalist skills and knowledge.
03. Demonstrate guiding skills associated with becoming a naturalist/leader of a nature tourism/outdoor environmental education program.

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Allison Hughes

Class requirements

Field TripWeek: 10 - 22
One 9.00 days field trip per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

1,500-word assignment

N/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

2,500-word assignment

N/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO2, SILO3

Satisfactory participation and performance in practical workHurdle requirement

N/AN/AN/AYesnull