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EVST13015 Mining, Urban & Industrial Lands Rehabilitation
Mining, Urban & Industrial Lands Rehabilitation
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General Information

Overview

This unit will cover essential knowledge of natural and impacted (mining, urban and industrial) landscape features and their management. You will gain a theoretical and practical understanding of landforms, biogeography, and the effects of natural and man-made impacts on the sustainability of local ecosystems. You will also learn how erosion control, vegetation surveys, modern techniques of rehabilitation, productive use of degraded land and rehabilitation success criteria are used to return disturbed landscapes into sustainable or productive ecosystems. You will gain practical experience through field trips to disturbed and rehabilitated sites. The emphasis will be on Central Queensland sites with links to broader Australian landscapes.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must have completed 72 units of credit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Mixed Mode

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Email

Feedback

Students appreciated the detailed feedback on their assessment submissions and said it was helpful and informative.

Recommendation

Continue to provide a similar level of detailed feedback on assessments whenever possible.

Feedback from In-person and SUTE

Feedback

Some students commented that they really enjoyed visits to industry, current and former mine sites, waste management facilities, and local NRM rehabilitation areas. Some other students felt the talks and conversations sometimes deviated from land rehabilitation to broader issues that were not as relevant to the unit.

Recommendation

Continue to include a variety of relevant site visits but ensure that the talks and tours focus specifically on land rehabilitation.

Feedback from Personal reflection and SUTE

Feedback

Due to a scheduling conflict with one of the industry visits, the time available for field work was too short.

Recommendation

Field work location, timing and instructions, are currently being updated for 2025. Time spent on field work will be increased and further prioritised.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Some students were not satisfied with the learning materials.

Recommendation

The unit is being updated for 2025.

Feedback from Personal reflection and SUTE

Feedback

Weightings of the assessment need adjustment.

Recommendation

The weightings of the assessment have been reviewed and will likely be updated to increase emphasis on the practical component and to reduce the weighting of the online test.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 23 June 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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