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Leaves to Landscape (EVSC20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Overview
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This subject provides an introduction to plant structure, function, diversity and ecology and explores how these interact with landscape, climate, and production systems. While the subject deals with plant basics, it focuses on knowledge required for managing vegetation.
Topics include:
- How plants develop (architecture, adaptation, diversity) and how the plant structures contribute to reproduction (plant life-cycles)
- Plants and energy (leaves as the primary light harvesting organ that supplies energy for most living things)
- Plants and water (roots, transpiration, responding to water stress and salinity)
- Plants and their interactions with other species, including humans, and the landscapes they shape
Students taking BIOL10004 Biology of Cells and Organisms (BSc) as a Breadth subject will be exempt from this subject.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subjects students should:
This subject is intended to provide students, who have not completed first year BSc biology, with sufficient biological background for subsequent subjects in the Landscape Management stream.
- Have a knowledge of the basic processes of plant physiology
- Be familiar with the structure and function of plants
- Understand the mechanisms of plant reproduction, growth and development
- Have an overview of plant diversity and the place of plants in natural and anthropogenic ecosystems.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed their:
- Ability to observe and record information about the physical world
- Ability to interpret data
- Ability to prepare written reports.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ENVS10001 | Natural Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
Students undertaking this subject will be expected to regularly access an internet-enabled computer.
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
This course requires all students to actively and safely participate in field excursions and laboratory activities. Students who feel their disability may impact upon their participation are encouraged to discuss this matter with the Subject Coordinator and Student Equity and Disability Support.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Excursion reports (30%) due 4 weeks after the day of the excursion;
Ongoing assessment of practical exercises and laboratory problems during the semester (25%);
A 2-hour written examination in the examination period (45%).
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gerd Bossinger Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment (including non-contact time): 170 hours
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Raven, P.H., Evert, R.F. and Eichorn, S.E. (2005) Biology of plants. 7th edition. W.H. Freeman and Co. Publ. New York, USA. ISBN 0-7167-1007-2
- Subject notes
Students taking BIOL10004 (650-141) Biology of Cells and Organisms (BSc) as a Breadth subject will be exempt from this subject.
This subject is intended to provide students, who have not completed first year BSc biology, with sufficient biological background for subsequent subjects in the Landscape Management stream.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Major Landscape Ecosystem Management Major Environmental Science Breadth Track Living with Plants Breadth Track Greening Urban Landscapes - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
Last updated: 27 April 2024