IND716 - Essential Skills for Natural and Cultural Resource Management

Unit details

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Year2017 unit information
Offering information:

Not offered in Trimester 2 2017 - reoffered in Trimester 2 2018

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)

Trimester 3: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)

EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:

Suzanne Nunn

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Contact hours:

CBD: Students are required to attend 3 x 1 week intensive seminars per trimester via community-based delivery (and/or supported by face-to-face intensive study blocks).

Note:

Enrolment in this unit is handled by the Institute of Koorie Education.

Content

The focus of the unit is on the advancement of practical and professional skills that will enable graduates to work in multiple agency, consultancy and workplace settings. The 5 skill areas concentrated on will include:

  • The development of proposals, consultation processes and outcomes for NCRM projects
  • The facilitation of information sessions and consultation processes
  • The compilation and writing of needs analyses using databases
  • The construction of a map from data base sources
  • The construction or media presentations related to NCRM issues
  • The interpretation and analysis of statistical data used in NCRM projects

The unit will be undertaken during the 3 Intensives scheduled for the Trimester. A combination of computer laboratory instruction, exercises and seminars will be the main methods of tuition. 

Assessment

Seminar presentation 30%, mapping exercise 25%, outline of a management plan 25%, resource analysis 20%

Unit Fee Information

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