ES20210 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK

Module Identifier	ES20210
Module Title	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Henry Lamb
Semester	Semester 1
Other staff	Professor David Kay, Dr Tony Jones, Dr Peter Abrahams, Dr Ronald Fuge, Professor William Adams, Dr Bill Perkins
Pre-Requisite	Acceptance to Level 2 Environmental Science
Course delivery	Lecture	4 Hours 4 x 1-1.5 hours
	Practicals / Field Days	8 Hours
Assessment	Project report	Written reports on each of the field days to be submitted by the end of the following semester.	100%
	Supplementary examination	Students who fail to attend the field course without good reason will not be permitted a resit. Students who attend the field course but fail the assessment will be given the opportunity to resubmit assessments by the first day of the resit period for a maximum mark of 40%. Students whose reasons for failing to attend the field course are condoned will be permitted to submit a project for assessment of a type and by a date to be agreed with the module co-ordinator, for a maximum mark of 100%.	100%

Aims and objectives

On completion of the module, students should:-

Be technically proficient (e.g. in the operation of field survey instruments, field identification of soils and their classification, vegetation identification and basic field survey).

Appreciate the logistics involved in undertaking different types of fieldwork operations.

Demonstrate an ability to analyse data and present results of original field measurements in a technically-sound report.

Have increased ability to observe critically physical and anthropogenic attributes.

first-hand knowledge and understanding of the environmental impacts of water and mineral resource exploitation in mid-Wales

be aware of the longer-term context of human impact on the landscape

have knowledge of plant ecological methods, exemplified by a detailed study of three habitats

Module outline

Lecture themes:

Soil properties and botanical composition of upland grassland
Coed Nant Llolwyn
Habitat restoration at Rhos Llawr-cwrt NNR
Water resource development and environmental impact
Copper mineralisation and environmental consequences
Environmental aspects of geology and geochemistry
Palaeoecology and landscape history