SLE363 - Transdisciplinary Marine Research
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in S337, S399 |
| Prerequisite: | A minimum of 4 level 2 SLE coded units |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 12 x 1 hour online lectures per trimester, 1 x 1 hour seminar (week 1), 1 x 2 hour seminar per week (weeks 2-10), 1 x 3 hour practical experience (workshop) (week 11). |
Content
Transdisciplinary approaches are key to achieving a sustainable marine environment and growing the Blue Economy. Students need to have a holistic understanding (beyond the science) of the world and the unity of knowledge from various stakeholders to work towards sustainable solutions in marine environments. This unit will encourage you to become aware of the complexity of, and interrelationships between environmental, economic, social, political and technical systems and how these relationships intercept to contribute to solving the challenges facing our marine environment. Together with your knowledge and capabilities obtained from the core program and major, you will work in teams to apply a transdisciplinary approach to define a problem, develop a methodology, and propose a course of action (solution) to a project within the priority areas identified in Australia's National Marine Science Plan.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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