Synopsis:

The course is based on an explanation of ecological principles as a basis for managing Australia's land and water resources sustainability. The effects of economic growth and traditional management approaches on land use for agriculture, mining, forestry, protected areas, water catchments and urban expansion are analysed and explained. Environmental impacts are studied and compared economically, ecologically and socially. Current approaches to land and resource use planning and resource use are evaluated in terms of their contribution to a sustainable Australian society. The next offer of REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use will be in Semester 2, 2010.

REN3302 Sustainable Resource Use is an inter-disciplinary inter-faculty course taught by the Department of Biological & Physical Sciences (Faculty of Sciences). It is a general course for both science and non-science undergraduate majors. The course has been designed to provide an in-depth evaluation of humankind's interaction with the environment at the regional Australian scale. The material is presented in four distinct, but closely inter-related modules over the semester (see table below).

Further information can be obtained in the official Course Specifications available through USQConnect. The official REN3302 Course Specifications should be checked in all instances.