2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person,
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
Partner: | |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Jay Mackinnon |
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
Online | Guided independent study | 164 | Throughout the trimester, you are expected to structure in time to reflect upon the learning you have undertaken in your scheduled sessions and how to apply this to your assessment tasks. Most of your guided independent study time will be directed towards your assessment tasks, which are learning activities as well as assessments. You are also encouraged to engage with Moodle activities and resources and read more widely around the topics you are studying. |
Face To Face | Lecture | 8 | Lectures will introduce habitat classification systems, explain the professional contexts in which you might apply the skills you learn in this module, explain core concepts and processes and talk you through examples. |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 10 | Activities will include question-and-answer sessions, feedback on formative assignments, a quiz and small-group tasks around retrieving and evaluating ecological information. |
Face To Face | Fieldwork | 12 | We will visit local sites where you will practice surveying terrestrial, intertidal and riparian habitats using relevant habitat classification schemes and professional guidelines. |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 6 | During practical classes and workshops, you will practice specific skills and tasks in GIS with teacher support. |
| 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 |
Report | 30 | 1 | Week 6 | , WORDS= 800 words | You will carry out and report a habitat survey of a local site following a field visit. This assessment tests your skills in applying a habitat classification system; evaluating habitats in terms of their quality, ecological function and processes to make appropriate notes describing and interpreting the habitats you see; navigating and mapping in the field using a paper map and GPS handset; preparing a map in GIS for presentation and writing a professional report. |
Report | 10 | 2 | Week 11 | , WORDS= 100 words | A second assessment asks you to collate, interrogate and summarise spatial data on habitat/species occurrence and present this in the form of a map. This tests your skills in evaluation of the important aspects of the data and bringing these out clearly for any viewer of the map. |
Report | 60 | 3 | Exam Period | , WORDS= 2200 words | The third assessment requires you to search for, collate and interpret information on protected areas and their special features, spatial data on habitats and spatially referenced records of species occurrences to evaluate the conservation value of an area. You will combineand practice all the skills developed in the module and apply feedback from earlier formative and summative assessments. This assessment tests your critical appraisal skills as you evaluate and prioritise the most important ecological features and present these clearly in a professional report. Following on from yourappraisal of the data available and data needed, you will propose a suitable field survey which could be applied in this scenario. The exercise emulates part of a professional task and you will be guided to understand how your skills can be applied in a professional context. |
Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |