Undergraduate Course: Ecology and Plant Materials 1 (ARCH07011)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | Indicative course content 
A lecture based course outlining the basic principles of ecology and the knowledge and use of plant materials. 
 
Aims of course 
1 To introduce the basic principles of ecology. 
2 To introduce the principles of plant use, growth and requirements. 
3 To introduce plant recognition skills and a basic palette of species. 
 
Mode of delivery 
Lectures, fieldwork, desk based research and work book presentation. | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Pre-requisites  
ARCH07010 Design: space and graphics 
 
Co-requisites  
ARCH07010 Design: space and graphics 
 
Prohibited combinations  
none | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - recognise and identify a simple range of plant species.
 - explore and communicate the design potential of plant material.
 - demonstrate an understanding of the attributes, properties and structure of ecosystems
 
     
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Reading List 
Indicative Bibliography  
Kershaw, K. A. (1974) Quantitative and dynamic plant ecology: 2nd ed. Edward Arnold. Skinner, D. N. (1987) A woody plant selection guide for first and second year students  http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/default.aspx |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Special Arrangements | 
Landscape Institute criteria: physical and natural environment | 
 
| Keywords | PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY, PLANT MATERIALS | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr John Stuart-Murray 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5798 
Email: j.stuart-murray@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Margaret Dingsdale 
Tel: 0131 651 5803 
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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