Intensive units

 Eastern Indonesian Field Intensive (EIFI): Rural agricultural livelihoods

If your interest lies in natural resource management, livelihoods and rural development issues and practice the Eastern Indonesian Field Intensive (EIFI) is an excellent opportunity for you.

You'll work on real issues in rural communities in eastern Indonesia during this two-week field studies placement in West Timor, Indonesia.

Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, West Timor, Indonesia.

Contact: penny.wurm@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 6355
Date: TBA
Numbers: 7 places available
Duration: 15 days plus online study
Application date: TBA
Funding: To be confirmed

Java Field Intensive (JFI): Tropical biodiversity and sustainability

This two-week field intensive focuses on topical biodiversity and sustainability issues one of the worlds biodiversity hotspots. Java is one of the world’s most densely populated places on earth. The Java Field Intensive (JFI) presents a cross-cultural international learning experience for students interested in these issues, via experience in Indonesia. The Faculty of Biology, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta, Java, is our host partner for this unique field intensive. UGM is one of Indonesia’s most respected and highly ranked universities. 

CDU students will join students from Indonesian and other South-East Asian universities for a summer school at UGM. This conference-style summer school includes seminars, workshops and field tours. UGM also offers an optional one-week language and culture course before the start of the intensive, offered on campus at the UGM Language and Culture Centre https://inculs.fib.ugm.ac.id/.

The Java Field Intensive is available to both undergraduate and master students. Students enrol in ENV305/ENV505 Environmental Intensives at CDU. Assessments will be marked by CDU staff, to create pathway for unit credit towards your program of study. UGM staff will teach and mentor students throughout the intensive and provide feedback and guidance on assessment items.

Students from universities other than CDU can attend through cross-institutional enrolment into these units.

Contact: penny.wurm@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 6355
Date: TBA
Numbers:  Maximum of 15 places available
Duration: 14 days (optional additional week for language training is available )
Applications due date:  TBA
Funding:  OS-HELP loans for domestic Australian students
More information: Visit the UGM Summer School website at https://iscbiotrop.biologi.ugm.ac.id/

ACICIS:  Agriculture Professional Practicum

The ACICIS Agriculture Professional Practicum (APP) is a six-week virtual study program, undertaken in Indonesia prior to the commencement of the Australian academic calendar year (January to February). The program involves online seminars and tutorials and a virtual professional practicum with an Indonesian agency. The program, hosted by Bogor Agricultural University (IBP) in Bogor, consists of two weeks intensive Indonesian language instruction and English language lectures in agriculture, food science, environment and resource management, followed by four weeks supervised practicum placement with a local or international agricultural, agribusiness, or resource management organisation.

ACICIS is a consortium of leading Australian universities in the field of Indonesian studies. CDU is a member university, which means our students have access to ACICIS programs. Students from universities other than CDU can also attend through cross-institutional enrolment at CDU.

Contact: penny.wurm@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 6355
Date: 27 June - 16 September 2022
Numbers:  2 places available
Duration: 12 weeks (include intensive & flexible periods)
Applications due date: 8th April (late applications will be considered)
Funding:  OS-HELP and NCP Scholarships for eligible domestic students
More information: ACICIS Agriculture Professional Practicum website

This unit provides practical experience in a range of flora and fauna survey techniques including:

• Elliot
• pitfall and camera trapping
• visual survey
• animal handling
• documenting vegetation
• plant identification techniques.

You'll attend a five-day field intensive, with preparatory online activities and assignments before and after the trip.

Learning activities and assignments focus on sampling design, survey and monitoring in the field, and compilation and analyse of data.

The unit provides a basis for further study and professional practice in areas of environmental management and develops skills commonly used for environmental assessment.

Contact: CEITE-admin-ops-services@cdu.edu.au
Date: Semester 2, mid-semester break
Numbers: unlimited
Duration: Five days plus online study
Enrolment: Standard enrolment procedures 
More information: ENV209 Unit Catalogue

This unit explores the synergies between natural resource-based enterprise development and local and Indigenous livelihoods.

The course is run in Darwin at CDU Casuarina campus with two full-day overnight field trips to to Kakadu National Park.

Contact: natasha.stacey@cdu.edu
Date: Semester 2, 12-18 September 2022
Numbers: 20 places available
Duration: 5 days with 2 full-day or overnight field trips
Applications: Email Natasha for a registration form. For CDU students normal enrolment processes apply.
More information:

• ENV317 Unit Catalogue
• ENV517 Unit Catalogue
• Download the Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods - ENV317 & ENV517

This advanced ecology unit focuses on the unique characteristics and challenges of studying ecology and managing environments in the Australian arid zone.

Starting the unit at CDU's Alice Springs campus, you will take part in a seven-day field intensive during which you will be active participants in field-based research that contributes to ecological understanding of desert environments.

Contact: christine.schlesinger@cdu.edu.au or 08 8959 5218
Date: 18 - 24 July 2022

Semester: HE Intensive 4
Numbers: 20 places available
Duration: Seven days plus online study
More information:

• ENV315 Unit Catalogue
• ENV515 Unit Catalogue
• Staff project information
• Download the Desert Field Ecology - ENV315 & ENV515

 Ecosystem-Function-Field-Intensive-SENV-CDU-2022

This unit introduces the tropical savanna biome and landscapes of northern Australia.

You will develop a range of skills in field survey and data collection, management and analysis.

Central to the unit is a ten-day field program, during which students will investigate environmental gradients and ecosystem function by assessing landforms, soil and vegetation. The field intensive starts at CDU's Casuarina campus.

Contact: linsday.hutley@cdu.edu.au or 08 8946 7103
Semester: HE Intensive 4
Numbers: 20 places available
Duration: 10 days plus online study
More information:

• ENV316 unit catalogue
• ENV516 unit catalogue
• Staff project information
• Download the Ecosystem-Function-Field-Intensive-SENV-CDU-2022

ENV210:  Water Quality, Ecosystems and Processes

This unit provides foundational knowledge for students wishing to move into aquatic resource management, research and consultancy fields. It provides practical experience in techniques such as:

• Water and sediment sampling
• Sample processing and storage
• Water and sediment analysis in the laboratory
• Surveying aquatic ecosystems

You'll attend a five-day field intensive, with preparatory weekly on-campus or online activities and assignments before and after the trip.

Learning activities and assignments focus on sampling design, survey and monitoring in the field, and compilation and analyse of data.

The unit provides a basis for further study and professional practice in areas of environmental monitoring and develops skills commonly used for water analysis.

Contact: CEITE-admin-ops-services@cdu.edu.au
Date: Semester 2, mid-semester break
Numbers: unlimited
Duration: Five days plus online study
Enrolment: Standard enrolment procedures 
More information: ENV210 Unit Catalogue