2025/6, Trimester 2, In Person,
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
| Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
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| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Luke Holman |
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 5 | Interactive tutorials emphasising student-student interaction and independent discovery. |
| Online | Guided independent study | 153 | Guided independent study, centred around assigned reading. |
| Online | Guided independent study | 20 | You will watch pre-recorded video lectures, released weekly, with a total duration of around 2 hours per week. These video lectures will be followed up and supported by the in-class activities. |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 22 | Interactive lectures held on campus, each centred around video lectures to be watched before class. |
| Total Study Hours | 200 | |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 | |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words | Description |
| Class Test | 40 | 1~2~3 | Week 11 | HOURS= 40 minutes each | In Weeks 2-11 there will be a short Moodle quiz (containing 2 or 3 questions of various types) examining material covered in that week's video lectures and on-campus activities. The test will generally take much less than 40 minutes to complete. Each quiz is worth roughly 4% of the overall mark, and will be available to complete for 7 days. |
| Oral Presentation | 60 | 1~2~3~4 | Week 13 | HOURS= 4 minutes | Create and deliver an audio-visual presentation (with associated written supplementary materials, including a script and details of all scientific sources and re-used images/videos) on a topic within Animal Behaviour.The presentation should demonstrate the application of engaging and informative communication skills to effectively convey scientific knowledge, and should be tailored to a nominated audience (namely researchers or the general public). The assessment criteria reward the communication of complex concepts in an understandable and engaging manner, evidence of independent learning, and completeness of the supporting evidence. |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |