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Graduate Diploma in Urban Horticulture (GD-URBHORT) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
Coordinator
Stephen Livesley
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
Intended learning outcomes
The course is designed for graduates to:
- develop skills, knowledge, understanding and competence in the area of environmental horticulture or production horticulture;
- analyse problems, advise, guide, develop and organise horticultural programs and operations;
- develop a holistic approach to horticulture through an understanding of the biological, socio-cultural and environmental factors within the system;
- extend scholarly and critical attitudes in the discipline of horticulture.
Generic skills
- A profound respect for truth, intellectual and professional integrity, and the ethics of scholarship
- Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning and research
- An ability to derive, interpret and analyse social, technical or economic information from primary and other sources
- Awareness of and ability to utilise appropriate communication technology and methods for the storage, management and analysis of data
- Capacity for creativity and innovation, through the application of skills and knowledge
- Ability to integrate information across a relevant discipline to solve problems in applied situations
- Highly developed computer - based skills to allow for effective on-line learning and communication.
- Highly developed written communication skills to allow informed dialogue with individuals and groups from industry, government and the community
- Highly developed oral communication skills to allow informed dialogue and liaison with individuals and groups from industry, government and the community.
- Appreciation of social and cultural diversity from a regional to a global context
- Ability to participate effectively as a member of a team
- Ability to plan work, use time effectively and manage small projects
Graduate attributes
The Melbourne Experience enables our Graduates to become:
Academically excellent
Our Graduates will be expected to:
- have strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship
- have in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
- reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities,
- problem-solving and communication
- be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed
- learning
- be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and
- communication technologies
Knowledgeable across disciplines
Our graduates will be expected to:
- examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
- expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
- have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
- have a a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.
Leaders in communities
Our graduates will be expected to:
- initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including
- professions and workplaces
- have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of
- personal strengths and limitations
- mentor future generations of learners
- engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
Attuned to cultural diversity
Our graduates will be expected to :
- Value different cultures
- be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
- have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
- respect Indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
Active global citizens
Our graduates will be expected to:
- accept social and civic responsibilities
- be advocates for improving the sustainability of the environment
- have a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equality and ethics.
Last updated: 7 November 2024