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ENVE338: Environmental Quality and Assessment
Understanding and protecting the environment are key goals of environmental scientists and managers. This unit integrates the knowledge students have gained during their studies, and develops critical professional skills in the assessment of environmental quality and environmental protection. This unit assesses ecosystem health, and uses best practice qualitative and quantitative methods for the measurement of soils, sediments, waters and biota. Students undertake classroom, field and laboratory studies which provide practical experience and develop their knowledge of environmental impacts, rehabilitation and management. Transport is provided for the 6 day field trip during the mid-semester break. This unit prepares graduates for employment in environmental consulting and local, state and federal government workplaces. This applied unit concludes with the preparation of individual portfolios to help students transition to the workplace.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 5 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Damian Gore, Associate Professor Mark Taylor, Dr Grant Hose |
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| NCCW(s): | GEOS398, ENVE336 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Environment and Geography |
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