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FY4810: EUROPEAN FORESTS FIELD COURSE (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:32


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 Undergraduate Level 4
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?

  • One of BSc Biology (Studied) or BSc Conservation Biology (Studied) or BSc Plant Biology (Studied) or BSc Zoology (Studied) or BSc Animal Ecology (Studied) or BSc Marine Biology (Studied) or BSc Parasitology (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied) or BSc Plant and Soil Sciences (Studied) or BSc Biology - Education (Primary) (Studied) or BSc Ecology (Studied) or BSc Wildlife Management (Studied) or BSc Forestry (Studied) or BSc Forest Sciences (Studied) or BSc Environmental Science (Studied) or BSc Environmental Science (Physical Sci) (Studied) or BSc Biology - Education (Secondary) (Studied)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 4

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

One week residential field course in continental Europe (usually based on Freiburg) to study local forests, both their ecology and management for environmental protection and conservation, recreation, rural development (including community woodlands) and timber production.

Further Information & Notes

Alternative activities and/or venues may be made available to meet the requirements of disabled students. Students are required to cover the costs of travel to and from Freiburg, as well as contributing to the cost of subsistence and accommodation.

Please not that this course may not run if there is a low number of student enrolments.

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

1st Attempt: Written Report (70%) and Participation (30%). Written report, two parts, equally weighted, a short reflective essay on the week as a whole (approx 500 words, 35%) and a detailed report on one of the site visits (approx 1,000 words, 35%). Resit: Resubmission of written report (100%).

Formative Assessment

Informal feedback is provided during the field visits and in the formal and informal discussions of the visits.

Feedback

Students receive written feedback on their individual reports.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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