| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 (see Timetable) |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to develop quantitative models of land and water systems; identify physical, chemical and biological processes operating in natural and perturbed land and water systems; develop management strategies for diverse natural and perturbed land and water systems, and generate quantitative models and monitoring regimes for such systems. |
| Content |
This unit is designed to provide students with advanced skills to evaluate and analyse land and water systems. It is assumed that students have an adequate background in chemical and mathematical sciences including soil science and hydrology.
Learning is via three diverse case studies which involve complex interactions of physical, biological and management factors. Each case study involves a half- to full-day visit to the relevant field situation so students acquire familiarity with the operating environments of professional land and water managers. The case studies relate to the rehabilitation of post-mining landscapes, potable water quality and landform stability and erosion control. Each case study facilitates decision-based learning and requires a practical understanding of the constraints and interactions that management practices have on land and water quality and sustainability. |
| Assessment |
This comprises the assessment of the corresponding Level 3 unit (50 per cent) and an additional assignment (50 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Mark Tibbett |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: enrolment in a postgraduate course |
| Advisable prior study: EART3323 Land, Soil and Water Systems and ENVT2251 Environmental Hydrology and EART2222 Earth Surface Processes and Soils |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; field work/practicals/labs: 3 hrs per week
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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