2024/5, Trimester 2, 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: | Jason Gilchrist |
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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 | Lecture | 38 | Through the lectures, you will gain a critical overview of the relevant concepts with examples from a diversity of taxonomic groups and environments. The lectures also enable personalisation, interaction, collaboration, and active learning by facilitating group work, incorporating critical review, problem-solving, and discussion. |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 5 | The in-person workshop sessions enable support for statistics via R, and incorporate problem-solving, collaboration and discussion. |
Independent Learning | Practical classes and workshops | 2 | The online workshop session is an introductory/revision session on R, and incorporates statistics, problem-solving, collaboration and discussion. |
Online | Guided independent study | 148 | Throughout the trimester, you are expected to structure in time to prepare for upcoming scheduled sessions, reflect upon the learning you have undertaken in your scheduled sessions, conduct homework exercises provided, prepare for your oral presentation (Slam). You are encouraged to read more widely around the topics you are studying and engage with Moodle activities and resources. You will need to ensure that you invest sufficient time to plan, prepare for and conduct your assessment tasks. |
Independent Learning | Tutorial | 1 | The online tutorial session is a Question and Answer format session in support of the assessment. |
Independent Learning | Seminar | 6 | The online seminar sessions enable personalisation, critical review, and oral presentation (communication) via a science slam [short entertaining presentation on chosen topic followed by questions from class]. You will learn via your own presentation (preparation and delivery) and from the presentations of other students (via their delivery). |
| 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 | 100 | 1~2~3~4~5 | Week 12 | , WORDS= 2500 words | The summative assessment puts the student in the context of a professional ecological consultant and therefore facilitates the development and practise of employer-focussed skills. You are required to present a report incorporating analysis of a biodiversity dataset and making conservation/management recommendations. The assessment incorporates literature search, written communication, word processing and referencing, with data manipulation and analysis. In the assessment you should aim to demonstrate a professional level of competence in quantitative skills and communication/presentation skills. Structure: Abstract, Methods, Results, Recommendations, with an Appendix including annotated R-code. Formative assessment is built into the data analysis tutorials, where there are problem-solving exercises with feedback to students. |
Component 1 subtotal: | 100 | | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 0 | | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |