Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor/ Senior Lecturer
Emilie Ens
12WW 521
By email appointment
Lecturer
Wendy Goldstein
12WW 505
Email for appointment
Lecturer
Neil Saintilan
Email for appointment
Lecturer
Jo Spicer
Email for appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp at 100 level or above including [(ENV267 or GEOS267 or ENVE214 or ENVS214) and (3cp in ENV or ENVE or ENVG or ENVS or GEOP units at 300 level)]
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an advanced understanding of the interdisciplinary links between environmental research, management strategies and policy frameworks that are fundamental to environmental management. We explore significant issues and challenges associated with managing our dynamic environment, including catchment assessment and prioritisation, river and wetland rehabilitation, land degradation and recovery, coastal erosion, atmospheric pollution, climate change, and variability. To emphasise practical applications and outcomes, the unit includes a field visit to sites of environmental importance in the Sydney region and students develop skills in environmental impact assessment and professional literacy that are designed to enhance employability.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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1. Module quizzes | 40% | Yes | At the end of each module |
3. REF and peer commentary | 30% | No | 5pm 30/9/2019 |
5. Grant Application | 30% | No | 5pm 18/11/2019 |
Due: At the end of each module
Weighting: 40%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Each student will need to complete each online Module quiz (each is worth 10% of total mark) by the following dates:
Module 1: 5pm Monday 26th August
Module 2: 5pm Monday 16th September
Module 3: 5pm Monday 21st October
Module 4: 5pm Monday 11th November
Due: 5pm 30/9/2019
Weighting: 30%
Submit online through turnitin. There are 2 parts to this assignment. More information will be provided through ilearn and in class.
Part 1 Review of Environmental Factors (REF)
The aim of this assessment is to strategically assess the environmental impact of a specific activity on the environment. This will test your application of environmental and planning knowledge, problem based skills and working in a group. You will need to understand the legal requirements relevant to the development of a review of environmental factors, consider the specific site impacts and broader planning and policy landscape and contextualise your proposal and argue for its support.
This is group assignment. You will be assigned to a group in your tutorial.
Part 2 Peer to Peer feedback
Once your group has completed a draft REF (that may be the consolidation of your individually allocated tasks), you are each required to review the draft and provide a 1 page written feedback on the document. In effect for this task you are taking on the role of an internal project reviewer.
Due: 5pm 18/11/2019
Weighting: 30%
Submit online through turnitin
This assessment task requires you to use the template provided in class to write an Expression of Interest for grant application focusing on an environmental monitoring project. Further details will be provided in module 4.
The timetable for ENVS362 can be found at: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/. A detailed class schedule with lecture and practical topics (including external students' compulsory on-campus days) is provided below. Check iLearn regularly for any class schedule updates.
ENVS362 is taught via lectures, practicals, field trips, readings and assessment tasks. It is offered to internal and external students. Students should make use of iLearn to access teaching and learning materials, to submit assignments, to stay in touch with the unit, to contact lecturers, and to discuss issues and concepts with classmates.
Workload
ENVS362 earns 3 credit points towards your degree. University guidelines state that this will involve at least 3 hours per week, per credit point. Therefore, for a 3 credit point unit you are expected to put in at least 9 hours of study per week on average over the semester; around 135 hours in total. This requires planning on your part to do all the work required in lectures, practicals, assignments, and the readings.
The ENVS362 iLearn page can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/
Information about how students can access iLearn can be found at: http://www.mq.edu.au/ iLearn/student_info/index.htm
The iLearn page uses Macquarie University’s standard interface and has links, discussion threads and access to lectures (as audio files through Echo360, and as downloadable PDF presentations) and practical material. Important announcements will be made through iLearn, so please check the ENVS362 page regularly.
Information about how to access lecture recordings through the Echo360 EchoCenter page in iLearn can be found at: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/lecture_recordings.htm
Macquarie University promotes student awareness of information management and information ethics. As well as training and the provision of information, the University tackles the issue of academic honesty through the use of the online program Turnitin.
Information about how to submit assignments to Turnitin in iLearn can be found at: http://mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm
As well as being a key tool for assignment submission, marking and feedback, Turnitin compares your work with the work of your classmates, with previous students from Macquarie and other universities, with material available on the Internet, and with freely available and subscription based electronic journals. The results are sent only to your lecturers, who will analyse them in reference to the University's Academic Honesty Policy.
You will be able to access the results of the Turnitin academic honesty scan for your own assignments, known as your ‘originality report’. In ENVE362, we will allow you to overwrite the initial submission file with a second submission if you choose to do so, but only up until the final due date and time for the assignment. We consider this opportunity to fine-tune your academic honesty a considerable resource, and we hope that you will use this review process constructively to ensure you are referencing other material correctly and effectively.
There is no prescribed textbook for ENVS362, however, you are expected to complete the weekly readings and the following books may be of particular interest:
The following journals may also be particularly useful:
Also check out the following websites for the latest information on global and Australian environments and their management:
ENVS362 relies on a structured program that links lectures to practicals, field work and assessment tasks to facilitate your learning, skill development and critical thinking. We have also included some Masterclasses to build your practical skills based on feedback from Environmental Management workplaces. The Unit schedule is provided in the table below. Full details and any changes will be provided on iLearn.
Internal students must attend two lectures and one practical per week.
External students should listen to lectures via Echo360. For external students all practical classes (and field work) will be run over 2 compulsory on-campus sessions: all day Saturday 17th August (9am - 5pm) and all day Saturday the 19th of October (9am - 5pm). Meet your lecturers at the entrance of 11 Wally's Walk.
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Lecture Dates |
Lecture Topics (Weds 3-5pm) 14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Ave - 100 Theatrette |
Practical Classes E5A270: W 12-2; Th 9-11; F 9-11 E5A260: F 3-5 |
Assessment Tasks/ External Student Sessions |
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MODULE 1: Multidisciplinarity in Environmental Management (Emilie Ens) |
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31 July |
L1 Contexts and challenges in Environmental Management (EM) L2 People in EM |
P1 Mars Creek mapping and AHIMS data (GIS) |
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7 Aug |
L3 Indigenous Cultural awareness (Guest Lecturer -Ben Kitchener) L4 Indigenous land and Sea Management |
P2 Making your own field data collection App |
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14 Aug |
L5 Global conservation strategies L6 Australian conservation strategies |
P3 FIELD TRIP Mars Creek Record biocultural values using your App |
External On-campus 1: Pracs 1-7, Sat 17th August 9am-5pm |
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21 Aug |
L7 Conservation and the “market” L8 Effective communication in EM |
P4 I. Adding your field data to your GIS map. MASTERCLASS: What plant is that? Australian plant identification skills |
MODULE 1 Quiz Due: Mon 26th August 5pm (10%) |
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MODULE 2: Environmental Planning and Assessment (Jo Spicer) |
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28 Aug |
L9 Environmental Planning L10 Development Assessment |
P5 Introduction to the REF assignment |
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4 Sep |
L11 Urban Water Planning L12 MASTERCLASS: How to give peer to Peer feedback |
P6 FIELD TRIP Mars Creek Site visit and inspection |
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11 Sep |
L13 and L14: GUEST LECTURE: Environmental Defenders Office NSW |
P7 Group REF meetings (for Assessment 3) - Self-directed |
MODULE 2 Quiz Due: Mon 16th September 5pm (10%)
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Mid-Semester Break (16th Sept – 28th September) |
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MODULE 3: Environmental Management and the Sustainable Development Goals (Wendy Goldstein) |
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2 Oct
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L15 World views on environment L16 It’s all in the system! |
P11 Life cycle analysis |
ASSESSMENT 2 (REF and Feedback) DUE: Mon 30th September, 5pm (30%)
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9 Oct |
L17 Sustainable Development: what? why? L18 Sustainable Development Goals |
P12 Sustainable campus |
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16 Oct |
L19 Engaging society in sustainable development L20: Leading action for sustainable development |
P13 Planning action for sustainable development |
External On-campus 2: Pracs 8-13, Sat 19th Oct 9am-5pm |
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MODULE 4: Preparing for work in Environmental Management (Neil Saintilan) |
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23 Oct |
L21 Monitoring and Evaluation in EM L22 Integrated and adaptive environmental management |
P11 MASTERCLASS: Grant Writing workshop (includes project planning, expected outcomes, budget etc). |
MODULE 3 Quiz Due: Mon 21st October 5pm (10%)
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30 Oct |
L23 Career Literacy L24 Researching your future career options |
P12 Preparing a job application and interview techniques |
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13 |
6 Nov |
L25 Workplace Ethics L26 Project Management and Leadership |
P13 Negotiation in the workplace |
MODULE 4 Quiz Due: Mon 11th Nov 5pm (10%) ASSESSMENT 3 (Mock ET Grant EOI) DUE: Mon 18th November 5pm (30%) |
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The field trip location for 2018 has changed from previous offerings. We have created more diverse Assessment Tasks and introduced Masterclasses to develop students "work ready" skills.
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26/07/2019 | The teaching staff and Assessment Tasks have been updated. |