Grade A4 (Assessment 1 – B3 | Assessment 2 – A3)
Rationale
“This module will provide an opportunity for development of robust and pragmatic practical skills in environmental and ecological surveying and monitoring, obtained through a series of case studies covering key environmental and ecological disciplines.
The module will allow students to critically study and evaluate a suite of environmental and ecological areas, from water and air monitoring to soil systems and biotic communities, using industry approved and novel approaches to environmental and ecological assessment. Students will develop skills in the planning, collection and interpretation of environmental and ecological data with the aim to inform environmental issues or problems, policy, land management decisions or other developments. The course is structured around a series of context-specific situations where students will consider sampling design and surveying approaches, the collection of field data and, if necessary, preservation of environmental samples, and their interpretation via instrumentation, modelling or similar data analysis. In particular, the course aims to provide skills to allow conclusive investigations to be independently achieved by the students.
This module will underpin studies in Research Skills and Data Analysis and should contribute to preparing students for both Honours dissertation study and professional consultancy or research based employment.”
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Assessments
Assessment 1 – Presentation:
Unavailable
(Group presentation done in person and wasn’t recorded)
Assessment 2 – Scientific Report:
