Applied Ecology and Environmental Management (U01792)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : GEO-3-AEEM

The purpose of this course is to link science and the management of biological systems including agriculture, forestry, nature conservation and other rural land uses. It explores the underlying ecological principles and considers how particular land use systems can be manipulated to achieve desired objectives including biodiversity and landscape value as well as production. A core of lectures explaining these underlying principles will be linked to a set of exercises, practical and field classes and tutorials in which they are applied. The tutorials will allow examples from a wide range of land use systems to be studied in depth. Students will be able to adapt the course to the requirements of their desired Honours School by their choice of tutorials and reading.

The course will develop analytical skills, teamwork and logical argument to predict the possible outcomes of interventions in managed systems on the basis of knowledge of the key biological processes.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Normally Biometrics 2 and Ecology

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Ecological Science, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 6 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
09/01/2007	09:00	12:30	Lecture Room 5327, JCMB	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	13:00	KB
Lecture	Friday	09:00	13:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to use appropriate techniques to:

- describe land use systems in terms of the characteristics which are relevant to their management objectives
- predict the outputs of land use systems
- diagnose the causes of sub-optimal performance
- identify the interventions required to achieve particular management objectives
- explain the link between interventions and outcomes.