WATR413-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Freshwater Restoration and Recovery

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of freshwater restoration. The course will explore the importance of restoration from physical, ecological and cultural perspectives, and will examine the current state of freshwater restoration practice both locally and globally. Students will gain insight into factors which may limit restoration success, and explore strategies to overcome these. The course will also examine key considerations when designing and implementing monitoring programmes, including data analysis and statistics.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Director

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 Karl Popper 612 (19/7-26/7)
Rehua 002 Lectorial (2/8)
Rehua 101 Lectorial (9/8-16/8, 13/9-4/10, 18/10)
15 Jul - 18 Aug
9 Sep - 6 Oct
14 Oct - 20 Oct
Field Trip A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 South Canterbury
19 Aug - 25 Aug
Field Trip B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 Christchurch Urban Area
7 Oct - 13 Oct

Course Coordinator

Issie Barrett

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Forum posts 10% Forum posts
Case study search 20% Case study search
Restoration and monitoring programme report 50% Restoration and monitoring programme report
Group presentation 20% Group presentation

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,145.00

International fee $5,275.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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