Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 86)
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121-220/320 "Water Resources" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
2. Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p67) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
4. Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p117) : Next:121-303 | Prev:121-219
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years.
Coordinator: Dr J Bird.
Prerequisite: Normally 121-219/319.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes a week. Some of the practical classes will be in the form of field trips.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject a student should:
- be aware of the different types of water resource, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
- understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
- appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
Content:
Water as a resource with special relevance to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
Assessment:
Practical class exercises (25 per cent), field trip report (10 per cent) and an individual assignment (15 per cent) together totalling not more than 3,000 words; and a final 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
1. Geography, Faculty of Arts (v3, p86) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
2. Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p67) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
4. Geomatics, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p117) : Next:121-303 | Prev:121-219
3. Geography, Faculty of Science (v4, p192) : Next:121-303 | Prev:121-219
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr J Bird
Prerequisite: 121-219 or equivalent, subject to approval of the Head of Department or Subject Coordinator.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes a week. Two days of field trips
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be aware of the different types of water resources, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
- understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
- appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
Content:
Water as a resource with special reference to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
Assessment:
Practical class exercises (25%), field trip report (10%), individual assignment (15%) and a final two-hour exam (50%).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, CONTENT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PREREQUISITES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Geography, Faculty of Science (v4, p192) : Next:121-303 | Prev:121-219
5. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr J. Bird.
Prerequisite: Normally 121-219/319.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and three hours of practical classes each week. Some of the practical classes will be in the form of field trips.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject a student should:
- be aware of the different types of water resource, their quality, quantity, distribution, and the ways in which they may be developed;
- understand the requirements for water in the industrial, agricultural and domestic sector, and how these may be met from available resources;
- appreciate the environmental implications of water resource development with reference to source, storage and receiving areas.
Content:
Water as a resource with special relevance to Australia. The availability and distribution of water, multiple uses of water, water law, the economics of water resources, the biology of aquatic systems, water quality and pollution.
Assessment:
Practical class exercises (25 per cent), field trip report (10 per cent) and an individual assignment (15 per cent) together totalling not more than 3,000 words; and a final 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
* Note that CONTACT, COORDINATOR, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
5. Geography, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p111) : Next:121-221 | Prev:121-219
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
Maintained by: Dept. of Geography, Faculty of Arts.
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