Forests in the Asia Pacific Region (FRST90030) // Dates and times
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- November
Principal coordinator Rodney Keenan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 10 hours lectures and 70 hours of tutorials and field exercises, during two-week intensive international field tour. Additional reading and study before and after the field tour. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 5 November 2018 Pre teaching requirements Please note that this subject has a pre-teaching period and during this time students will be required to read 'essential readings' provided and complete first assignment of 1500 words. Teaching period 19 November 2018 to 30 November 2018 Last self-enrol date 30 September 2018 Census date 23 November 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 January 2019 Assessment period ends 1 February 2019 November contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours.
Additional delivery details
An enrolment quota of 28 students applies to this subject. For detailed information on the quota subject application process, enrolment deadlines and selection preferences, refer to the Faculty of Science website: http://science.unimelb.edu.au/students/course-planning-and-advice
This subject is taught intensively (internationally) in November. International field tour subject. Students will be required to organise and pay for their own air travel to Vientiane, Laos and back to Australia from Da Nang Vietnam. A deposit payment will be required once enrolment is confirmed.
Subject involves field experiences that will require students to be physically capable of hiking in remote locations in Laos and Vietnam
Please note that this subject has a pre-teaching period and during this time students will be required to read 'essential readings' provided and complete first assignment of 1500 words.
There is also a post-intensive/travel period from beginning of December - last week of January to complete the main assignment of 3000 words.
Last updated: 11 October 2023