Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | Tutorials/seminars to identify appropiate environmental management issue. |
Practical | 6 x 3 hour practical sessions |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | "Scoping" report in the form of potential solutions to the problem | 20% |
Semester Assessment | Final report (5000 words) | 40% |
Semester Assessment | Competency of performance if chosen sampling method(s). Students will demonstrate that they are able to choose and use an appropiate sampling metnod for their particular environmental management problem. | 40% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this modules, students should be able to:
- identify key sampling issues in a contextual settign related to managing the environment (pathway specific)
- establish "best practice" solutions for their chosen environmental management problem
- demonstrate their understanding of "appropriate technology" through practical solutions to the chosen problem.
Brief description
Through 9 problem-centred research tutorials and 6 three hour student-centred practical sessions, students are provided with a comprehensive knowledge base in key sampling techniques. Students will select a problem-driven environmental management topic relevant to their preferred pathway and through exploring potential solutions develop competency in key sampling techniques. The module covers a broad range of sampling issues and developments in coastal, estuarine, freshwater and terrestial ecosystems. Students will evaluate the use of "appropiate technology" to solve environmental management issues in a variet of contextual settings, from the laboratory to the field.
Content
Through 9 problem-centred research tutorials and 6 three hour student-centred practical sessions, students are provided with a comprehensive knowledge base in key sampling techniques. Students will select a problem-driven environmental management topic relevant to their preferred pathway and through exploring potential solutions develop competency in key sampling techniques. The module covers a broad range of sampling issues and developments in coastal, estuarine, freshwater and terrestial ecosystems. Students will evaluate the use of "appropiate technology" to solve environmental management issues in a variet of contextual settings, from the laboratory to the field.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Application of Number | Required for the analysis and synthesis of data obtained in the practical sessions and incorporated into the reports. |
Communication | Academic and commercial writing skills will be developed. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Feedback on the "scoping" report will inform the final report. |
Information Technology | Storage and retrieval of data. Report writing. Presentation of data in reports. Use of electronic journals and databases, etc. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Students will gain confidence in their ability to plan, perform, evaluate and report on their chosen sampling methods. |
Problem solving | Students will select a problem-driven environmental management topic and through exploring potential solutions, develop cometency in key sampling techniques, best practice and the choice of "appropriate technology". |
Research skills | Through the practical sessions and tutorials, students will gain research skills required to provide a practical solution to their chosen environmental management problem. |
Subject Specific Skills | Generic and pathway specific sampling skills (please refer to key skills 1,2 and 6) |
Team work | Students will be involved in the planning of both the practical and written elements of the modules. Effective team-building, management and communication skills will be developed. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7