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Institute of Land and Food Resources : Guide to courses
The Bachelor of Resource Management will be offered at both the Parkville and the Dookie campuses of the University. Parkville students will need to travel to the Burnley campus for a few subjects.
Resource management includes the sustainable management of our natural resources such as flora, fauna, landscapes, soil, water and air.
Students who have completed this course should have acquired:
an understanding of the nature of the resource, and how land, flora, fauna and water systems function;
an understanding of the important land resource values and their underlying attributes;
an understanding of the types of human activities that can affect these values and how the effects occur;
knowledge of the social and economic framework of land resource development and use, including the structure of land related industries;
an ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of the ways in which human behaviours can be influenced to improve outcomes in land resource management;
an understanding of the tools and mechanisms by which land resource managers can influence human behaviour;
an ability to demonstrate a knowledge of the legal and administrative framework in which land resource management operates;
an understanding of integral approaches to land resource management;
an ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of technology and practical competence appropriate to their specialisation.
Graduates can expect to find employment in careers within the key areas of catchment and land management, biodiversity and land rehabilitation management and in the utilisation and management of soil, land, and water. Such careers are found in both public and private sectors, and often involve communication and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders, the ability to use technology in a management and planning context, such as land spatial information and the ability to develop and implement policy.
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 202-101 Chemistry for Land and Food Resources | 12.5 | |
| 202-103 Biology for Land and Food Resources | 12.5 | |
| 202-104 Information Technology and Communication | 12.5 | |
| 202-106 Land Resources | 12.5 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 206-103 Ecology | 12.5 | |
| 209-101 Economics of Resource Use | 12.5 | |
| Two electives* | 25.0 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Second year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 202-201 Plant Function | 12.5 | |
| 202-202 Experimental Design/Statistical Methods | 12.5 | |
| 206-205 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Mgt | 12.5 | |
| 209-201 Resource Industry Economics I | 12.5 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| 202-203 Soil and Water Resources | 12.5 | |
| 206-202 Australian Flora | 12.5 | |
| 206-203 Techniques of Resource Assessment | 12.5 | |
| 206-204 Australian Fauna | 12.5 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Third year (pass degree) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 202-302 Human Resource Management | 12.5 | |
| Year long subjects/electives | ||
| 202-001 Work Experience | 0 | |
| 202-301 Industry/Research Project | 50 | |
| Three electives* | 37.5 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Third year (honours pathway) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Points | |
| 202-302 Human Resource Management | 12.5 | |
| Electives | ||
| Seven electives* | 87.5 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Fourth year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 202-001 Work Experience | 0 | |
| 202-401 Industry/Research Project | 50 | |
| Elective subjects | ||
| Four electives* | 50.0 | |
| Sub total | 100.0 | |
| Biodiversity management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Third year | Points | |
| 206-305 Revegetation and Landscape Restoration | 12.5 | |
| 206-307 GIS and Remote Sensing | 12.5 | |
| 206-314 Social Research Methods | 12.5 | |
| 206-324 Conservation Biology | 12.5 | |
| 206-325 Aquatic Ecology | 12.5 | |
| 206-326 Wildlife Conservation and Management | 12.5 | |
| 211-305 Fire Ecology and Management | 12.5 | |
| Honours | ||
| 205-402 Management of Plant and Animal Invasions | 12.5 | |
| Protected area management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Third year | Points | |
| 205-402 Management of Plant and Animal Invasions | 12.5 | |
| 206-307 GIS and Remote Sensing | 12.5 | |
| 206-314 Social Research Methods | 12.5 | |
| 206-318 Management of Heritage Landscapes | 12.5 | |
| 206-326 Wildlife Conservation and Management | 12.5 | |
| 206-330 Resource Management Policy and Action | 12.5 | |
| Honours | ||
| 211-405 Fire Ecology and Management | 12.5 | |
| 211-407 Parks and Recreation | 12.5 | |
| Catchment and land management | ||
|---|---|---|
| Third year | Points | |
| 205-402 Management of Plant and Animal Invasions | 12.5 | |
| 206-305 Revegetation and Landscape Restoration | 12.5 | |
| 206-307 GIS and Remote Sensing | 12.5 | |
| 206-318 Management of Heritage Landscapes | 12.5 | |
| 206-323 Sustainable Catchments | 12.5 | |
| 206-330 Resource Management Policy and Action | 12.5 | |
| Honours | ||
| 206-314 Social Research Methods | 12.5 | |
| 206-402 Soil Management and Conservation | 12.5 | |
| 211-410 Agroforestry | 12.5 | |
*Electives may be chosen from the following list or from approved subjects from other courses.
Insufficient enrolments may lead to an elective subject being suspended.
| First year | ||
|---|---|---|
| 202-105 Field Skills | 12.5 | |
| 206-109 Australian Agricultural Production Sys | 12.5 | |
| 600-142 Genetics & The Evolution of Life | 12.5 | |
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