Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Science

School

School of the Environment

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

Lecture 3 Hours/ Week
Workshop 3 Hours/ Week
Fieldwork 8 Hours/ Semester
3L3W, field trip

Prerequisite

CONS6009 CONS7008

Restricted

Master of Conservation Biology/Science students only

Assessment methods

Project plan, report and reflection.

Course enquiries

Associate Professor Michael Furlong (m.furlong@uq.edu.au)

Work Integrated Learning

Field Experience

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of sustainable agricultural practices and investigate how the intensification of agricultural practices can impact on rural landscapes and the wider environment. Through a series of lectures, discussions, readings, workshops and a field visit to an organic farm (in Australia), students will be exposed to the extremes of intensive modern agriculture in developed countries and to subsistence farming practices in developing countries. In class, students will work through a series of cases studies that examine the interactions, and the often conflicting goals, between agriculture and conservation and learn how these problems can be solved.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (29/05/2023 - 24/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (30/05/2022 - 25/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (31/05/2021 - 26/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (31/05/2021 - 26/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (01/06/2020 - 27/06/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile