Course Learning Outcomes and Minimum Standards

Course Learning Outcomes and Minimum Standards

Bachelor of Environmental Science (Marine Biology) AQF Level 7

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes / AQF Bachelor Degree Descriptor[1]
Graduates of a Bachelor Degree will have: / AQF Level 7 (Bachelor Degree)
Criteria* / Discipline/Professional Standards
(e.g.professional association) / Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) / Minimum Standards
(relating to CLOs) /
1. Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities: appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession. / / UUKnowledgeUU: A broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning.
UUSkillsUU: Cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas.
UUApplication of knowledge and skillsUU: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts / UUKnowledgeUU: Broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge with depth in one or more disciplines or areas of practice.
UUSkillsUU: Well developed cognitive, technical (and communication) skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
·  analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities.
UUApplication of knowledge and skillsUU: Apply knowledge (and skills) to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility:
·  within broad parameters to provide specialist advice and functions. / 1. Demonstrate a coherent understanding of science by:
1.1 articulating the methods of science and explaining why current scientific knowledge is both contestable and testable by further inquiry
1.2 explaining the role and relevance of science in society.
2. Exhibit depth and breadth of scientific knowledge by:
2.1 demonstrating well-developed knowledge in at least one disciplinary area
2.2 demonstrating knowledge in at least one other disciplinary area. / CLO1.1 Appreciate the structural make up of coastal and marine environments, their physical and chemical characteristics and interaction to recognise how organisms live and exist in dynamic environments.
CLO1.2 Articulate the form and functions of organisms and how they manage environmental challenges of surviving in diverse environments.
CLO1.3 Assess habitats and organisms and recognise sustainability issues and concerns to manage and conserve animals and plants within marine environments and to evaluate its sustanaibility. / MS1.1 Demonstrate broad and well-developed knowledge of coastal and marine environments and biology, the nature, characteristics and properties, to describe various forms of organisms, how they live and how their habitats work, and to discuss the role of science and the environment in relation to impact of human activity on environmental sustainability.
MS1.2 Consistently and autonomously select and apply technical knowledge and skills to determine acceptable scientific methods of inquiry for observation, experimentation and inference of scientific data to explain how organisms manage environmental challenges in diverse environments.
MS1.3 Integrate and apply evidence-based knowledge, within diverse contexts, collect and analyse scientific and environmental data, to evaluate and investigate sustainability issues, and to interpret and present logical arguments and results taking into account multiple perspectives including ethical, social and political factors in order to manage and conserve marine environments.
2. Communication: using oral, written and interpersonal communication to inform, motivate and effect change. # / / Skills: Communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas.
Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts / Skills: Well developed (cognitive, technical and) communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
·  (analyse, generate and) transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems
·  transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others.
Application of knowledge and skills: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate (autonomy), well-developed judgement and responsibility:
·  within broad parameters to provide specialist advice and functions / 4. Be effective communicators of science by:
4.1 communicating scientific results, information, or arguments, to a range of audiences, for a range of purposes, and using a variety of modes. / CLO2.1 Use appropriate language and formats including written, visual, oral and graphical forms to communicate with a range of audience.
CLO2.2 Generate, analyse and present key information in a professional manner with evidence from local, national, and international contributions and contexts. / MS2.1 Consistently use professional language and well-developed interpersonal skills to elaborate on and explain the meaning and implication of scientific results, information, or arguments to specialist and non-specialist audience
MS2.2 Adopt different genres and modes of communication including formal and informal modes to document details of key procedures, observations and information, and to engage and inform peers, experts and laypersons about the nature of science and the environment, its implications and impacts and the controvercies surrounding scienctific inquiry.
3. Digital literacy: using technologies to find, use and disseminate information. / / Skills: (Cognitive and) technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas.
Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts / Skills: Well developed (cognitive), technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
·  analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities
·  analyse, generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems
·  transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others.
Application of knowledge and skills: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate (autonomy), well-developed judgement and responsibility:
·  within broad parameters to provide specialist advice. / 3. Critically analyse and solve scientific problems by:
3.3 selecting and applying practical and/or theoretical techniques or tools in order to conduct an investigation
3.4 collecting, accurately recording, interpreting and drawing conclusions from scientific data. / CLO3.1 Use well developed technical skills and judgement to locate, analyse and synthesise information and responsibly disseminate information using a variety of tools and techniques. / MS3.1 Use web-based resources, digital tools and technologies to find, use, evaluate, analyse, synthesise and disseminate evidence based scientific and environmental information, data and results.
4. Critical thinking: evaluating information using critical and analytical thinking and judgment. / / Skills: Cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge.
Cognitive (and technical) skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas.
Cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence.
Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and /or scholarship
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts. / Skills: Well developed cognitive (technical and communication) skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
·  analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities
·  analyse, generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems.
Application of knowledge and skills: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility:
·  within broad parameters to provide specialist advice. / 3. Critically analyse and solve scientific problems by:
3.1 gathering, synthesising and critically evaluating information from a range of source
3.2 designing and planning an investigation
3.3 selecting and applying practical and/or theoretical techniques or tools in order to conduct an investigation
3.4 collecting, accurately recording, interpreting and drawing conclusions from scientific data. / CLO4.1 Locate and evaluate scientific information from multiple sources and use scientific methods and frameworks to structure and plan observations, experimentation, fieldwork investigations and to undertake environmental impact and risk assessment.
CLO4.2 Use critical and analytical thinking and judgement to analyse, synthesise and generate an integrated knowledge, formulate hypotheses and test them against evidence-based scientific concepts and principles in the context of aquatic environment. / MS4.1 Collect, record and evaluate scientific environmental information and data from a variety of sources, systematically and methodically discriminate between assertion or personal opinion, and structure, plan and manage investigations to assess risk and environmental impact using information substantiated by robust evidence.
MS4.2 Reveal insightful patterns, differences or similaries by interpreting and evaluating complex view points by asking rigorous questions to formulate hypotheses and test them against scientific facts, laws, principles and evidence.
5. Problem solving: creating solutions to authentic (realworld and ill-defined) problems. / / Skills: Cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgment in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence.
Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  with initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and /or scholarship
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts. / Skills: Well developed cognitive, technical (and communication) skills to select and apply methods and technologies to:
·  analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities
·  analyse, generate (and transmit) solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems.
Application of knowledge and skills: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement and responsibility:
·  within broad parameters to provide specialist advice. / 3. Critically analyse and solve scientific problems by:
3.1 gathering, synthesising and critically evaluating information from a range of source
3.2 designing and planning an investigation
3.3 selecting and applying practical and/or theoretical techniques or tools in order to conduct an investigation
3.4 collecting, accurately recording, interpreting and drawing conclusions from scientific data. / CLO5.1 Identify possible causes, effects and underlying environmental problems, brainstorm potential solutions, and develop criteria for evaluating those solutions.
CLO5.2 Priovide specialist advice to solve environmental problems by designing and planning investigstions and using scientific tools and techniques to apply systems and management perspectives to formulate future sustainability and conservation solutions to problems. / MS5.1 Propose one or more creative solutions that indicate a deep comprehension of the problem, ability to logically reason, reflect on possibilities and judge the pros and cons of various solutions within a given context and thereby formulate potential solutions.
MS5.2 Provide detailed and insightful scientific explanation and guidance to implement solutions in a manner that addresses multiple contextual factors and facets of the problem, and future environmental sustainability and conservation of the marine system.
6. Self-management: working and learning independently, and taking responsibility for personal actions. / / Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  with initiative and judgement in planning, problem-solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship
·  with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice (and in collaboration with others) within broad parameters. / Application of knowledge and skills: Apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well developed judgement and responsibility:
·  in contexts that require self-directed learning
·  within broad parameters to provide specialised advice and functions. / 5. Be accountable for their own learning and scientific work by:
5.1 being independent and self-directed learners
5.2 working effectively, responsibly and safely in an individual or team context
5.3 demonstrating knowledge of the regulatory frameworks relevant to their disciplinary area and personally practising ethical conduct. / CLO6.1 Work independently and responsibly with intiative and judgement to function safely and professionally in a manner that assimilates feedback and incorporates refection for future learning and ethical practice. / MS6.1 Consistently consider the scientific context, background information, ethical consideration and intellectual property issues to demonstrate a framework of accountability, honesty and responsibility for own scientific learning.
MS6.1a Practice safety policies, compliance procedures and follow regulations when investigating, experimenting or conducting fieldwork and present data and evidence collected with accuracy and rigour in a timely manner, while acknowledging the contributions made by others.
7. Teamwork: working and learning with others from different disciplines and backgrounds. / / Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters. / The AQF makes no specific reference to criteria/standards associated with teamwork. / 5. Be accountable for their own learning and scientific work by:
5.1 being independent and self-directed learners
5.2 working effectively, responsibly and safely in an individual or team context
5.3 demonstrating knowledge of the regulatory frameworks relevant to their disciplinary area and personally practising ethical conduct. / CLO7.1 Collaboratively work with others in order to critically analyse, problem solve, develop and manage plans for generating sustainable processes and solutions to manage and conserve the environment. / MS7.1 Respect opinions, value contribution made by others, proactively assist, lead, contribute to ideas when working collaboratively as a team to critically analyse, problem solve, develop plans in a manner that resolves conflicts and germinates ideas for generating sustainable processes and solutions that manage and conserve the environment.
8. Global citizenship: engaging ethically and productively in the professional context and with diverse communities and cultures in a global context / / Application of knowledge and skills: Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
·  to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts
·  with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters.(Note: this second dot point from the AQF descriptor does not relate specifically and directly to global citizenship; however may be indirectly related to ethical engagement within a professional context and/or within diverse communities and cultures by way of its link to responsibility.) / The AQF makes no specific reference to criteria/standards associated with global citizenship. / 5. Be accountable for their own learning and scientific work by:
5.1 being independent and self-directed learners
5.2 working effectively, responsibly and safely in an individual or team context
5.3 demonstrating knowledge of the regulatory frameworks relevant to their disciplinary area and personally practising ethical conduct. / CLO8.1 Adopt and value multidisciplinary knowledge and perspectives for evaluating, integrating and incorporating strategies and solutions in scoping, planning and managing alternative sustainable solutions from local to global environmental problems. / MS8.1 Demonstrate ethical, professional, social and cultural awareness and apply a framework of accountability, honesty and responsibility that indicates professionalism, objectivity and an unbiased position when working with others, including members of the society to scope, plan and manage local through to global environmental problems.

Deakin: Bachelor of Environmental Science (Marine Biology) AQF Level 7