Undergraduate Course: Elective: plant geography (ARCH09014)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Indicative course content
Paleoecology and the botany of the past 450million years. The development of the modern floristic kingdoms $ú climate change, mountain building, the shifting seas and the influence of plate tectonics on the evolution of plants and their habitats. The ecological structure of the major biota and modern floristic kingdoms and the impact that each has had on horticulture: Arctic and Temperate biota Mediterranean (Chile, South Africa and Australia)The Tropics.
Aims of course
1 This module introduces students to some of the complexities and patterns of plant evolution.
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Mode of delivery
A lecture based module. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | Pre-requisites
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Co-requisites
none
Prohibited combinations
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| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 40 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the major floristic categories.
2. demonstrate an understanding of the way plants adapt to changing environments and the formation of habitats.
3. understand how changing climates and the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors have influenced the evolution of major plant groups. |
Assessment Information
Assessment plan
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Special Arrangements
| Landscape Institute criteria: physical and natural environment. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Reading list |
Indicative Bibliography
Pears, N (1977) Basic biogeography. Longman. Simmons, I G (1979) Biogeography: natural and cultural. Arnold. Tivy, J (1971) Biogeography: a study of plants in the ecosphere. Oliver & Boyd. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Contact hours 12 hours
Directed study 0 hours
Self-directed study 88 hours
Total 100 hours |
| Keywords | PLANT FAMILIES, EVOLUTION, HABITATS, ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Stuart-Murray
Tel: 0131 221 6094
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Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 221 6091
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