SLE151 - Biodiversity: A Global Perspective

Unit details

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2020 unit information

Important Update:

Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.

Last updated: 2 June 2020

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
Previously coded as:

SQB143, SQB151

EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Euan Ritchie
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

SLE010

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 1 hour class per week, 5 x 3 hour practicals per trimester.

Content

This unit includes: Extinction; speciation; rarity and threatened species; conservation strategies; plant and animal diversity; threatening processes; human cultural attitudes to wildlife exploitation and conservation; genetic diversity and molecular techniques in biodiversity conservation.

  These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit
At the completion of this Unit successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Recognize the variety and extent of biodiversity and show how such diversity is important to the functioning of ecosystems and the survival of humans

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO2

Recognize and demonstrate how ecological knowledge can be used to make decisions about the conservation and management of biodiversity

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO3

Demonstrate a knowledge of how and under what circumstances to apply different tools to survey and manage biodiversity

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO4

Compare differing attitudes to wildlife, and examine the impacts these have on conservation strategies GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Weighting (% total mark for unit) Indicative due week
Plant diversity report 750-word written report 10% Week 4
Scientific report 1,000-word written report 15% Week 7
Oral presentation 5-minute in-class oral presentation  10% Week 8 
Conversation article on a biodiversity issue: communicating scientific research 1,000-word written essay 25% Week 11
Examination 2-hour written examination 40% Examination period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE151 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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