11183 Ecology
6cpRequisite(s): ( 11177 Botany OR ((11173 Landscape Architecture Studio 2 OR 11197 Landscape Architecture Studio 2) AND 11171 Landscape Architecture Studio 1: Forming))
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Undergraduate
Description
This subject introduces landscape architecture students to ecological thinking, including methods for viewing, experiencing and understanding nature and natural systems. Students are exposed to ecology as a scientific enterprise and body of knowledge, as well as other methods for engaging with nature, such as Aboriginal understandings of Country. Consideration is given to how these differing cultural perspectives shape our relationship to nature.
Students are introduced to the various phenomena that threaten ecosystems, such as invasive species, habitat destruction and fragmentation, human-exacerbated bushfires and climate change. They explore different management/conservation strategies, including those practiced by Aboriginal cultures for millennia and latest perspectives in the scientific community. In doing so, they consider how we can become better custodians of the landscape.
The learning combines on-campus lectures and tutorials with several field trips across the Sydney region. These trips enable students to experience, observe, document and analyse ecological communities and to thereby understand the complex, interdependent and evolving relationships that occur among organisms (including humans).
Typical availability
Autumn session, City campus
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