Module Identifier | ES20320 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Module Title | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FIELDWORK | ||||||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Peter W Abrahams | ||||||||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other staff | Dr Sarah J Davies, Professor Tony Jones, Dr John Scullion | ||||||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Practical | 8 hours | |||||||||||||||||||
Other | Fieldwork: 10 days | ||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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Four days of fieldwork in the mid-Wales area. Topics will normally include:
Practical classes will provide additional support for field activities. This will include follow-up laboratory work on samples collected in the field and sessions on preparation and writing up of field reports.
Problem solving | The evaluation of environmental information and data. | ||
Research skills | Field and practical surveying, observation, classification, measurement and dissemination of findings. | ||
Communication | Both written and oral communication of field information will be developed via reports and discussion. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be responsible for their own taking of field notes, and will submit their individual field reports. | ||
Team work | Field information and the interpretation of data will be obtained by teams of students. A team oral presentation will be assessed. | ||
Information Technology | Written reports and literature/information searches to be undertaken electronically. | ||
Application of Number | Where appropriate, students will be trained in statistical techniques to analyse their field data | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Surveying in environmental science, observation, field and associated practical measurement of relevant variables. |
This module is at CQFW Level 5