PERM20007 - Permaculture Design Project

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Permaculture Design Project provides you with a hands-on approach to learning the critical aspects of permaculture practice. You will undertake a permaculture project of your own design. You will evaluate and report on your project, reflecting on the contribution it has made to permaculture theory, design, ethics and principles.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites:

PERM20006 Research Practice in Permaculture Design AND

PERM20005 Advanced Permaculture in Practice.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2025

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Presentation 50%
2. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student feedback in tutorials.
Feedback
Students enjoyed the unit but suggested that it would benefit from a residential school, field trip or writing retreat early in the course so students could collectively workshop their presentations.
Recommendation
Consider introducing an optional writing retreat in future deliveries.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback in tutorials.
Feedback
Students stated that they would find individual student meetings with unit coordinator and/or supporting staff beneficial but did not choose to arrange any meetings.
Recommendation
Future deliveries may benefit from introducing a requirement to schedule and book meetings for feedback on the written assessment as part of the written assessment item to ensure work begins early and students are provided with maximum support throughout this process.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Undertake a permaculture design and/or permaculture research project
  2. Evaluate the project/s with regard to their contributions to permaculture theory, design, ethics and principles
  3. Communicate your permaculture design and/or research project effectively to enable collaboration and partnerships.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Presentation •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • •
2 - Communication • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • •
4 - Research • •
5 - Self-management • • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Presentation • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •