Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05
Lecture recordings, set readings and structured activities provide you with content and a framework to develop an understanding of introductory ecological concepts.
Examples illustrate the relevance of the ecology across a diversity of terrestrial and non-terrestrial systems, and its relevance to current land management and conservation issues.
Regular online assessments will provide you with feedback on your learning achievements and help you to structure your revision.
Practical assignments will provide you with opportunities to strengthen your skills in manipulating, summarising and presenting quantitative data.
A final exam will give you the opportunity to demonstrate your competence across a range of ecological topics.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 5 credits (2.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The study of ecology and environmental issues requires us to integrate information from many different subject areas.
This course is designed to give you an introduction to how living systems function, in terms of species interactions, population dynamics and plant and animal communities.
This course achieves this with an exciting multidisciplinary approach that consider scientific evidence, the course explores political and economic influences on the response to that evidence.
By the end of the course you should have
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 40,41,42 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
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The exam is MCQ based on course content and practical exercises. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | A sound basic knowledge of how an integrated approach to studying topics in ecology contributes towards an understanding of how terrestrial and marine systems are sustained. |
| Conceptual | Understand | An appreciation of important spatial and temporal aspects of ecology and why these are important to the management of natural systems. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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These exercises are based on the specific exercise used in the practical; online, individual written feedback, supplemented with verbal feedback when required or requested Distributed evenly across the course duration but may vary depending on the student’s pace and pattern of engagement |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | an ability to carry out and report on basic experimental measurements and data analysis pertaining to aspects of ecology |
There are no assessments for this course.
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | An appreciation of important spatial and temporal aspects of ecology and why these are important to the management of natural systems. |
| Procedural | Apply | an ability to carry out and report on basic experimental measurements and data analysis pertaining to aspects of ecology |
| Conceptual | Understand | A sound basic knowledge of how an integrated approach to studying topics in ecology contributes towards an understanding of how terrestrial and marine systems are sustained. |
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