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FY5701: EUROPEAN FORESTS FIELD COURSE (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:38


Course Overview

· This residential field course is based in Freiburg in SW Germany.  6/7 days are spent visiting different forests and meeting German forestry professionals.

· This is a joint course with Freiburg University and University College Dublin which allows you to share ideas with students who have studied in different institutions.

· Visiting forests overseas challenges many assumptions of how forests should be managed and allows you to reflect on how culture and policy as well as forest type affect forest management.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 7.5 credits (3.75 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Louise Page

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either MSc Forestry (Taught) (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied)
  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or BI4015 Grant Proposal (Passed)
  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The aim of the course is to demonstrate the effect of differing national policies on the practice of forestry and to gain experience of forest management in southwest Germany.
Content: - visits to forests in the Freiburg region of Germany, meeting those responsible for managing the forests and also the staff and students of the Forestry Faculty of the University of Freiburg - forests visited will include state, community and private forests - visits will enable students to study forests' ecology and management for environmental protection and conservation, recreation, rural development (including community woodlands) and timber production - exercises on forest transformation.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%), based on 3 assignments.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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