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BIOL2924: Ecology and Conservation (Advanced)
The content of BIOL2924 will be based on BIOL2024 but qualified students will participate in alternative components at a more advanced level. The content and nature of these components may vary from year to year.
| Code | BIOL2924 |
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| Academic unit | Life and Environmental Sciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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An annual average mark of at least 70 in the previous year |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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BIOL2024 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the characteristics of the major biomes of the world for terrestrial and marine systems
- LO2. understand the fundamental principles driving ecological processes for individual populations though to ecosystems
- LO3. understand the major conservation threats to biodiversity in Australia and the world
- LO4. understand the philosophical differences between ecology and conservation
- LO5. appreciate the inherent complexity in natural systems and in conservation issues
- LO6. appreciate the importance of ecology to conservation management
- LO7. appreciate the importance of rigorous, evidence-based solutions for conservation management
- LO8. identify the ecology of the major terrestrial and marine biomes of the world
- LO9. pose ecological questions and design appropriate ecological field sampling regimes
- LO10. critique ecological literature and assess evidence for conservation issues
- LO11. present and analyse ecological data to test hypotheses.
Unit outlines
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- Semester 2, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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