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Bushfire Planning & Management (FRST90017)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
September
Overview
Availability | September - Online |
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The course covers the fundamentals of setting and achieving bushfire management objectives for ecological and fire protection purposes in natural ecosystems. It covers the contents of a fire management plan, setting objectives, developing fire prescriptions, undertaking monitoring and evaluation of the management process, and review.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of the subject students should:
- Be able to set fire management objectives for individual burns and for broader management areas.
- Be able to develop burning prescriptions to achieve fauna, flora, and protection objectives.
- Be able to use a knowledge of plant and animal life history attributes to devise sustainable fire regimes.
- Be able to devise fire management strategies and plans that maintain water quality and yield.
- Be able to use GIS programs to develop fire management plans.
- Be able to establish and run a monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of a fire management plan.
- Be familiar with the use of Codes of Practice to achieve world best practice in fire management.
- Be familiar with some key legal responsibilities related to fire management including the maintenance of biodiversity, protection from damaging fires and fire suppression.
Generic skills
In addition to learning specific skills that will assist students in their future careers in science, they will have the opportunity to develop generic skills that will assist them in any future career path. These include:
- Highly developed written communication skills to allow informed dialogue with individuals and groups from industry, government and the community;
- An ability to derive, interpret and analyse social, technical or economic information from primary and other sources;
- Highly developed computer-based skills to allow for effective on-line learning and communication;
- Ability to plan work, use time effectively and manage small projects.
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
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.
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: 11 October 2023
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Five online "quizzes" (1000 word equivalent), due throughout the online teaching period (20%)
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
Literature review assignment (1500 words), due 2 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (30%)
| 2 Weeks after the end of teaching | 30% |
Major assignment (2500 words), due 5 weeks after intensive teaching period end date (50%)
| 5 Weeks after the end of teaching | 50% |
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Dates & times
- September - Online
Principal coordinator Trent Penman Coordinator Matthew Swan Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 35 hours of workshops and laboratory time during intensive teaching period. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching requirements 20 hours of online learning, 35 hours workshops and laboratory time during intensive period Teaching period 13 September 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 21 September 2021 Census date 1 October 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 November 2021 Assessment period ends 28 November 2021 September contact information
Time commitment details
135 hours
Last updated: 11 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
- Bradstock, R.A., Williams, J.E. and Gill, A.M. (eds.) (2012) Flammable Australia - The Fire Regimes and Biodiversity of a Continent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.. 462 pp.
- Cheney, N.P. and Sullivan, A. (1997) Grassfires - fuel, weather and fire behaviour. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. 102 pp.
- Gill, A.M., Groves, R.H. and Noble, I.R. (eds.) (1981) Fire and the Australian Biota. Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, Australia.
- Pyne, S.J., Andrews, P.L, and Laven, R.D. (1996) Introduction to Wildland Fire. John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York. 769 pp.
- Subject notes
This subject can be taken as part of the Graduate Certificate in Bushfire Planning and Management
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Bushfire Planning and Management Course Master of Urban Planning Course Master of Ecosystem Management and Conservation - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 11 October 2023