Course Title: Field Experience Practicum
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Field Experience Practicum
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BIOL2061 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Workplace |
Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2014, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
BIOL2355 |
Bundoora Campus |
Postgraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Workplace |
Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BIOL2061 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex18 (JUN) |
BIOL2061 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFx2019 (ZZZZ) |
BIOL2061 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex22 (All) |
BIOL2061 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex23 (All) |
BIOL2355 |
Bundoora Campus |
Postgraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
PGRDFx2019 (ZZZZ) |
Course Coordinator: Dr. Jeff Shimeta
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7151
Course Coordinator Email: jeff.shimeta@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora campus 223.1.35
Course Coordinator Availability: By email appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.
Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.
Course Description
The course is a study tour to tropical Australia, typically including the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest. The academic focus is an introduction to tropical coral reef ecology through field activities and related studies. Daily activities require hiking, boating, swimming and/or snorkelling, and lectures/discussions. You learn to identify coral reef fauna and flora. You are exposed to coral reef research at a leading research field station. The group also engages in all the routine activities of cooking and cleaning while at the field station. You are expected to pay costs of travel, food, accommodation, and gear hire on this study tour as a course material fee (code M836). You must arrange and pay on your own for return travel to Cairns and several days of food in Cairns. This course cannot be used to satisfy the requirements of ONPS2186 Science Project.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course is not a core component of any degree programs.
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Identify and observe the behaviour of numerous coral reef species.
- Explain the relations between ecological processes and environmental factors on coral reefs.
- Conduct a field survey of a coral reef, including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
- Write a detailed scientific report of a field study following professional standards.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks:
This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).
Assessment Task 1: Pre-trip assignment
Weighting: 10%
This supports CLOs 1 & 2
Assessment Task 2: Field journal (HURDLE)
Weighting: 25%
This supports CLOs 1 & 2
Assessment Task 3: Reef survey report (HURDLE)
Weighting: 40%
This supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, & 4
Assessment Task 4: Revised reef survey report
Weighting: 25%
This supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.