COURSE INFORMATION
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The Bachelor of Science (Sustainable Forestry) is designed to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to the production forestry industry but who are also able to incorporate sustainability objectives in their work. Graduate will be aware of and show skills in meeting production and conservation objectives simultaneously. The course aims to train forestry professionals who are able to be flexible and adaptive, able to work in different types of forests, ranging from native forests, plantations, agro-forest systems and conservation plantings/revegetation. The design of the degree takes into account the requirements of the Institute of Foresters of Australia.
The degree has three main components:
1. A core program of eight units completed in the first year.
2. A Major program consisting of fourteen units in Sustainable Forestry.
3. Two elective units.
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YEAR ONE |
Semester 1 |
SCC1123 |
Chemistry for the Life Sciences * |
15 | SCI1181 |
Managing the Environment |
15 | SCI1182 |
Case Studies in Science |
15 | SCI1187 |
Form and Function in Biology |
15 | |
Semester 2 |
SCI1184 |
Australia's Physical Environment |
15 | SCI1185 |
Ecology |
15 | SCI1183 |
Origins and Evolution of Life |
15 | SCB2423 |
Plant Diversity |
15 | |
*Students who have TEE Chemistry may choose to take SCC1111 General Chemistry instead. |
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YEAR TWO |
Semester 1 |
SCM2201 |
Soil and Land Processes |
15 | SCI2269 |
Silviculture |
15 | SCB2322 |
Genetics and Evolution |
15 | SCB3523 |
Plant Physiology and Adaptation |
15 | |
Semester 2 |
SCM2101 |
Environmental Mapping |
15 | SCI2369 |
Timber Harvesting and Utilisation |
15 | SCM2203 |
Valuing the Environment |
15 | MAT2214 |
Applied Statistics |
15 | |
YEAR THREE |
Semester 1 |
SCM3201 |
Conservation Biology |
15 | SCI2202 |
Revegetation: Principles and Practices |
15 | SCB2222 |
Cellular and Molecular Biology |
15 | plus ONE elective unit |
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Semester 2 |
SCM3203 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
15 | SCM3204 |
Ecosystem Management |
15 | SCI3301 |
Catchment Health and Management |
15 | plus ONE elective unit |
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ELECTIVE UNITS |
Students are recommended to pick TWO electives from the following list of units.
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SCB2424 |
Animal Diversity |
15 | SCB3325 |
Advanced Ecology |
15 | SCI3120 |
Natural Sciences Project |
15 | SCI3101 |
Public Understandings of Conservation |
15 | SCI2201 |
Invertebrates: Conservation and Ecology |
15 | SCI3302 |
Ecological Water Requirements |
15 | SCI1186 |
Understanding Pollution |
15 | SCI2257 |
Water and Wetlands Management |
15 | |
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Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | | For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 18/11/2004