ES20210 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK

Module Identifier

ES20210

Module Title

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK

Academic Year

2006/2007

Co-ordinator

Dr Henry F Lamb

Semester

Semester 1

Other staff

Dr Helen M Roberts, Professor Tony Jones, Dr Peter W Abrahams, Dr Bill Perkins

Pre-Requisite

Acceptance to Level 2 Environmental Science

Course delivery

Lecture

4 Hours. 4 x 1-1.5 hours

Practical

8 Hours. Practicals / Field Days.

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	2 x 1,800 word assignments	100%
Supplementary Assessment	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%

On succesful completion of this 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.

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

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

Lecture themes:

This module is at CQFW Level 5