School Of Science And HealthLiving in CountryWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300632.2
Discipline: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Students will be expected to have some basic understanding of Indigenous culture and landscape values.
Prerequisite
300631 Indigenous Landscape
About this Unit
This unit complements and builds on the content of unit 300631 Indigenous Landscape. It aims to integrate traditional Aboriginal ways of living in landscape into the undergraduate Bachelor of Natural Science program. Specifically, the unit explores how landscape has influenced Indigenous Australians in terms of their cultures, diet, water supply and shelter and how traditional Indigenous stewardship practices underpin the practice and principles of 'living off the land' and ' Caring for Country'. This unit adopts an ecological approach to the exploration of sustainable land use and the concept of self-sustaining systems.