Undergraduate Course: Ecological and Environmental Science field course (including management) (ECSC10033)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will help to prepare students to be practicing ecologists and environmental scientists capable of working effectively within a professional setting, evaluating and communicating scientific evidence to a range of academic, professional and lay audiences. It will focus on developing essential transferable skills, ranging from scientific writing and presentation to critical thinking and introduce students to case studies of professional practice. In addition, the skills developed during the course will help to equip students to deliver an outstanding honours project. |
| Course description |
Course dates:
Saturday 4th to Wednesday 15th September 2021. The 11th and 12th are days off.
Project 1. The effect of stream water quality on aquatic invertebrate abundance and diversity.
Project 2. Mitigating the leaching of nutrients and trace metals in coniferous forest soils.
Project 3. Can we characterise molecular level differences between forest and grassland soil organic matter?
Project 4. Plant and invertebrate richness across a disturbance gradient.
Project 5. The relationship between understorey plant diversity and woodland tree canopy characteristics.
Project 6. How does habitat affect small mammal populations?
Project 7. Relationship between invasive plant species and the environment.
Students choose one group project and carry out it out over the course of the week. Advice will be provided by staff and PhD student Demonstrators.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 6,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12,
Fieldwork Hours 32,
External Visit Hours 14,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
120 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100%
Group poster presentation 20%
Individual field project report 40%
Individual ecological or environmental essay 20%
Individual statistics assessment 20%
Assessment deadlines
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| Feedback |
Examples of feedback can be found here: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/geosciences/teaching-organisation/staff/feedback-and-marking |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Work effectively and ethically as an individual or part of a team in a professional setting
- Confidently navigate the process of applying for jobs in the ecological and environmental sciences
- Critically evaluate and summarise scientific evidence
- Communicate effectively with specialist and non-specialist audiences through a variety of media
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Field techniques,ecology and environment,populations,biodiversity,trace gases,micrometeorology |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gail Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5436
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Nicola Clark
Tel: (0131 6)50 4842
Email: |
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