Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 154)
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Note: Special requirements: Students may not gain credit for this subject, as well as 600-332 Environmental Science: Major Project.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Outdoor Education B1, or approved equivalent.
Contact: A 3 to 5-day field-based camp and three half-day field trips; the remainder of the contact will be structured in 2-hour workshops.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- interpret various environments in which they operate;
- control field activities recognising environmental hazards;
- conduct field activities with minimum impact on the environment; and
- understand the biological, ethical and political frameworks in which management decisions are made for areas commonly used for outdoor activities.
Content:
An examination of ways of valuing the environment, ecological understanding, the physical environment, environmental management and teaching about the environment in the outdoors.
Assessment:
Class attendance and informed participation, including up to 10 reports of practical exercises based on class and field work (50 per cent); two assignments of approximately 2,000 words (50 per cent).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 154)
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