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Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name Natural Environment Field Techniques
Unit code KGA213
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Sciences and Engineering
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences
Discipline Geography and Spatial Sciences
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Requisites

Prerequisites

  • 25 Credit Points in Introductory level Earth Science, Plant Science or Zoology units or KGA171 and KGA172

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

  • KGA211, KGA288

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

8 days in the field which includes 16 lectures and 11 x 3-hr practical periods

Assessment

2x1-hr practical tests (40%), field task (20%), 1500 word scientific report (40%)

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Textbooks

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