ANU - STUDYAT - Australia's Forests

Offered By:	Fenner School
Academic Career:	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject:	Environmental Science
Offered in:	Winter Session, 2010
Unit Value:	6 units
Course Description:	Australia's Forests introduces students to values and issues associated with Australia's native, plantation, farm and urban forests, and to relevant policy and management regimes. The course comprises field (5 days based near Tumbarumba) and classroom (4 days) components, delivered over an 13-day block in Winter Session from 4 July to 16 July. A quota may apply to admission to this course. Note: Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but are assessed separately.
Learning Outcomes:	On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to: 1. broadly explain the values and issues associated with forests, both historically and in contemporary Australia 2. assess how these diverse perspectives, values and issues relate to forest policy and management 3. communicate their knowledge in a variety of oral and written forms relevant to the policy arena
Indicative Assessment:	Assessment will be based on: Field course report (35%; LO 1, 2, 3) Workshop preparation (10%; LO 1, 2) Senate forest policy exercise - speech and media release (20%; LO 2, 3) Topic review (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)
Workload:	9 day intensive program, with subsequent completion of assessment
Course Classification(s):	TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses.
Areas of Interest:	Resource Management and Environmental Science
Eligibility:	Bachelor degree
Incompatibility:	SRES6010
Recommended Courses:	ENVS1001 would be advantageous, but not essential
Preliminary Reading:	Dargavel, J., 1995, Fashioning Australia's Forests. Oxford. Montreal Process Implementation Group, 2008, State of Australia's Forests 2008, www.daff.gov.au/forestry.
Programs:	Master of Environment
Academic Contact:	Professor Peter Kanowski

Australia's Forests ENVS6010 - Details