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 211-364 Forestry Elective

Availability

Parkville campus.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr Steve Read

Prerequisites

75 points of 200-level forestry subjects including two of 211-212 Forest Mensuration and Surveying 211-215 Forest Ecology, 211-256 Tree Physiology, 211-262 Forest Mensuration and Surveying or 211-263 Forest Ecology.

Semester

Year long (view timetable)

Contact

24 hrs of lectures and 36 hrs of practical work

Subject Description

This subject will expose students to a number of specific discipline areas of current community interest and which are the subject of active research. Students take any two of a range of modules covering advanced topics in forestry, such as catchment hydrology and management, landscape ecology and management, tree development or biometry and data analysis. The subject aims to make students aware of the skills required for accessing and assessing published literature, for performing the kinds of data analysis common in forestry research, and for high-level report-writing and oral presentation.

Assessment

Two two-hour written examinations (50%), and practical or review-based assignments throughout the year (totalling 50%).



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