Module Identifier | RS22020 | ||||||||||||||
Module Title | WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | ||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | ||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Peter Dennis | ||||||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||||||||||||||
Other staff | Mr David R Powell | ||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week | |||||||||||||
Practical | 6 x 3 hour visits over two semesters | ||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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1. Describe the motivation behind countryside conservation
2. Describe the designations and powers available to protect wildlife
3. Produce appropriate management objectives for a range of wildlife habitats
4. Apply a standard management planning process within the confines of ecological theory
5. Justify the need for biological recording schemes at local, national and international level
6. Evaluate the sampling techniques that may be applied to a range of species and habitats
Problem solving | The conservation management planning assignment will develop the students' ability to work independently on a practical project integrating the skills of habitat surveying, species recording, defining management objectives and producing workable prescriptions. These aspects will then be presented in a clear, well-structured report that justifies its recommendations with reference to the ecological literature. Key Skill 03 Communication also applies | ||
Research skills | The species surveying and recording assignments will require students to record, present and statistically analyse numerical information and critically comment on its meaning. | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | The production of the conservation management plan as the assignment for this module requires the student to be able to self-manage. To successfully complete the exercise, they must allow sufficient time to assimilate the vairous bits of information (handling field data, accessing published literature) and for integration of the different components into the final report. | ||
Team work | The field visit component of this module not only provides the opportunity to practice the skills of habitat surveying and management planning prior to the assessment exercise, it also provides an opportunity for the students to interact with each other while performing a range of group activities. | ||
Information Technology | The species surveying and recording assignment will generate data that students will be required to process using appropriate IT packages, and present in an accessible format. Key Skill 7 Application of number also applies | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | The outcomes of the module are designed to provide the practical skills and academic understanding that are required by the professional countryside conservation manager of the 21st century. |
This module is at CQFW Level 5