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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Wildlife Management

  • Unit Code

    SCI3115

  • Year

    2022

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Robert Allyn DAVIS

Description

This unit introduces students to the ecological principles underlying the management of native and introduced wildlife in Australia. It provides students with a broad overview of Australian wildlife biology and with the skills and techniques necessary to manage wildlife populations for conservation or economic purposes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass SCI2118

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCI2370

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse biological data using quantitative and qualitative approaches.
  2. Apply the practical skills required to manage wildlife populations in Australia.
  3. Integrate key wildlife management theories and concepts with practice.
  4. Work collaboratively in project teams to research current issues in wildlife management.

Unit Content

  1. Landscape and habitat requirements, and foraging strategies of a selected range of wildlife species.
  2. Modern wildlife management techniques applied in Australia and other parts of the world.
  3. Predator-prey interactions, competition and carrying capacities of selected wildlife species.
  4. Research on the role of captive breeding and wildlife reintroduction programmes in the Australian context.
  5. Sampling theory and wildlife census techniques, including practical application of field surveys, data collection and analysis.
  6. The key factors regulating native wildlife populations in Australia.
  7. The nature of human-induced habitat change on wildlife distribution and abundance.
  8. The scope and roles of a wildlife manager.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit uses technology enhanced learning with a mix of lectures and tutorials. Theory focuses on core concepts in the management of Australian wildlife, including habitat requirements, population growth, predator-prey interactions, and the role of captive breeding in wildlife conservation. Students have regular tutorials that allow students to apply the concepts learned.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkField and laboratory reports30%
AssignmentEssay and group presentations30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Wildlife Management

  • Unit Code

    SCI3115

  • Year

    2022

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Robert Allyn DAVIS

Description

This unit introduces students to the ecological principles underlying the management of native and introduced wildlife in Australia. It provides students with a broad overview of Australian wildlife biology and with the skills and techniques necessary to manage wildlife populations for conservation or economic purposes.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass SCI2118

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded SCI2370

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse biological data using quantitative and qualitative approaches.
  2. Apply the practical skills required to manage wildlife populations in Australia.
  3. Integrate key wildlife management theories and concepts with practice.
  4. Work collaboratively in project teams to research current issues in wildlife management.

Unit Content

  1. Landscape and habitat requirements, and foraging strategies of a selected range of wildlife species.
  2. Modern wildlife management techniques applied in Australia and other parts of the world.
  3. Predator-prey interactions, competition and carrying capacities of selected wildlife species.
  4. Research on the role of captive breeding and wildlife reintroduction programmes in the Australian context.
  5. Sampling theory and wildlife census techniques, including practical application of field surveys, data collection and analysis.
  6. The key factors regulating native wildlife populations in Australia.
  7. The nature of human-induced habitat change on wildlife distribution and abundance.
  8. The scope and roles of a wildlife manager.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit uses technology enhanced learning with a mix of lectures and tutorials. Theory focuses on core concepts in the management of Australian wildlife, including habitat requirements, population growth, predator-prey interactions, and the role of captive breeding in wildlife conservation. Students have regular tutorials that allow students to apply the concepts learned.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkField and laboratory reports30%
AssignmentEssay and group presentations30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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