ENVS6010 Australia's Forests

Offered By	Fenner School of Environment and Society
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Environmental Science
Offered in	Winter Session, 2012 and Winter Session, 2013
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	Australia's Forests introduces students to the values and issues associated with Australia's native, plantation, farm and urban forests, and to relevant policy and management regimes. The course comprises field (5 days ) and classroom (4 days) components, delivered in the Winter Session from 8 July to 20 July 2012. A quota may apply to admission to this course. Note: Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates but are assessed separately.
Learning Outcomes	On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to: 1. broadly explain the values and issues associated with forests, both historically and in contemporary Australia 2. assess how these diverse perspectives, values and issues relate to forest policy and management 3. communicate their knowledge in a variety of oral and written forms relevant to the policy arena.
Indicative Assessment	Field course report (35%; LO 1, 2, 3) Workshop preparation (10%; LO 1, 2) Senate forest policy exercise - speech and media release (20%; LO 2, 3) Topic review (35%; LO 1, 2, 3)
Workload	Intensive program, with subsequent completion of assessment
Course Classification(s)	TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses.
Areas of Interest	Forestry, Geography, Interdisciplinary Studies - Sustainability, and Resource Management and Environmental Science
Eligibility	Bachelor degree
Incompatibility	SRES6010
Recommended Courses	ENVS1001 would be advantageous, but not essential
Preliminary Reading	Dargavel, J., 1995, Fashioning Australia's Forests. Oxford. Montreal Process Implementation Group, 2008, State of Australia's Forests 2008, www.daff.gov.au/forestry.
Programs	Master of Environment and Master of Environment
Academic Contact	Professor Peter Kanowski

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