Overview
Professional biologists with the skills to design experiments and analyse data are essential for identifying and responding to society’s urgent environmental, biomedical, and social challenges. This unit provides the approaches and tools that enable curious and creative minds to collect, analyse, and understand complex biological data. Drawing on a variety … For more content click the Read More button below.
Offerings
S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS
Rules
Enrolment Rule
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Associate Professor Matthew Hall
Unit Coordinator(s)
Associate Professor Matthew Hall
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.
Construct, test, and evaluate scientific hypotheses in biology.
2.
Design and optimise sampling programs and experiments for answering biological questions.
3.
Select and justify the most appropriate analysis for a biological dataset and research question.
4.
Summarise, visualise and analyse datasets using the programming tools of R.
5.
Critically evaluate biological data and make inferences from analyses.
Teaching approach
Enquiry-based learning
Peer assisted learning
Problem-based learning
Case-based teaching
Assessment
1 - Laboratory and workshop engagement
2 - In-semester tests and assignments
3 - Examination - Theory (2 hours and 10 minutes)
Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities
Laboratories
Workshops
Workload requirements
Workload
Learning resources
Required resources
Availability in areas of study
Ecology and conservation biology
Genetics and genomics
Plant sciences
Zoology
Genetics and genomics
Plant sciences
Zoology