Unit of Study AGRC2007 Plant Biology (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

BIO00213 - Plant Identification and Conservation

Enrolment information

There will be a compulsory residential for all students that will be held on, or depart from, the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Develops the key scientific principles underpinning plant function. Students will gain knowledge of metabolism, physiology and structure of plants together with a better understanding of regulation of growth and development and influence of environment on these processes.

Unit content

Plant water relations
Plant macro and micro-nutrients and their uptake and transport within the plant.
Plant Metabolism: C3, C4 and CAM photosynthesis
Plant hormones
Plant response to abiotic stress
Plant identification using taxonomic keys based on vegetative and floral structures and plant community identification and classification using structural and floristic techniques.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Lismore	Term1	Term1
Online	Term1	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify the fundamental importance of water, light, hormones and nutrients in plant function

recognise how water, light, hormone and nutrients influence growth and development of the plant

critically assess the basic structural, biochemical and physiological processes that plants rely on to survive in their external environments.

demonstrate practical skills in identifying plants and plant communities, and describe the methodology and purpose of vegetation classification and mapping

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Report	30%
Literature review	40%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	30%
Report	30%
Literature review	40%

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Fee information

Domestic

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