Australia's Bio-Physical Environment (AGRC1031)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2016
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Agriculture Food Sciences Schl
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Class hours
4 Contact hours
Assessment methods
Assignment, practical reports, end of semester examination
Course enquiries
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Course description
This course will introduce students to Australia's climate, soils and water resources, and to the ways that these three factors interact to dictate the natural ecosystem, and the productive uses to which land can be dedicated. The focus here is on the readily measurable and observable characteristics of the system, to provide students with skills they can apply across a range of ecological and agricultural settings. The course will consider the relative merits and costs associated with resource use allocation, using water resource allocation (irrigation vs environmental flow) and land use (mining vs agriculture) as examples.