Unit of Study FORS3007 Pest and Disease Management (2024)

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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

FOR00107 - Forest Health: Pest and Disease Management

Unit description

Introduces students to major issues in ecosystem health, the major types of pests and diseases, including notifiable disease in plants and animals, One Health and zoonoses, as well as methods for disease diagnosis, pathology, epidemiology and biosecurity. The interaction between stress, disease and the environment will be explored, along with ecology and management and control strategies using case studies.

Unit content

1. Overview of pests and diseases

2. Plant disease and diagnosis

3. Animal disease and diagnosis

4. Pests

5. Epidemiology and One Health

6. Integrated pest and disease management

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Lismore	Term5	Term5
Online	Term5	Term5

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 major types of pests and disease pathogens and demonstrate enhanced understanding of disease epidemiology, transmission of zoonoses and One Health

systematically access information using National and Global databases for pests, diseases and weeds and demonstrate enhanced understanding of the regulatory requirements for notifiable pests and diseases.

evaluate the health of individuals and/or the ecosystem in which they are found and identify potential causes of disease

critically evaluate methods for the control and management of pests and diseases, including the important role of environment in preventing disease in managed ecosystems.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Quiz	30%
Plan	50%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	20%
Quiz	30%
Plan	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Australian Government Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment

https://www.agriculture.gov.au/pests-diseases-weeds;

World Animal Health Information Database Interface

https://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Wahidhome/Home;

International Plant Protection Convention

https://www.ippc.int/en/

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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