211-109 Forestry

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

620-160 Experimental Design and Data Analysis

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

This subject is to provide knowledge of geology/geomorphology and biometry essential for later subjects in the Forest Science program. The geology component includes an introduction to the landscape of south-eastern-Australia and the geological processes that formed it; the relationship between crystalline structure, chemical composition and the physical properties of common minerals; rocks as aggregates of minerals; an introduction to igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and weathering processes. The biometry component is to provide an understanding of the importance of statistical methods for determining the underlying structures in experimental data. Students should learn to formulate statistical models and check their assumptions, use computers to carry out standard analyses, and to express conclusions in scientifically useful terms. It includes: statistical inference, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, ANOVA, transformations, residual analysis, design of experiments.

Assessment

Two 90 minute written examinations at the end of the semester, up to 25 pages of short assignments or tests throughout the semester.