Last modified: 07 Jan 2021 11:50
By working through a range of online activities you will develop your understanding of field sampling methods and design considerations, your capacity to use keys and identify organisms, to work with field data sourced form a range of habitats, and to increase your awareness of fieldwork risk assessments.
Twelve modules provide structured activities and lecture content to help you appreciate why certain methods are used, what data are collected, how they are analysed, and what some of the limitations of the methods and data might be.
You will demonstrate your achievements of the course learning outcomes by passing a test at the end of the course.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Modules on the course include: field work risk assessment; Phase 1 habitat survey; monitoring marine mammal populations; monitoring bird populations; invertebrate sampling, freshwater; biodiversity survey, Ythan mud flats; site survey, sandy shore; sea bed community analysis; monitoring small mammal populations; invertebrate sampling, terrestrial; and, monitoring marine fish populations.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 43 | Feedback Weeks | 44 | |
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In order to gain access to this on-line test students are required to complete all of the units in the course and the formative assessments associated with the units. Feedback will be embedded for each question in the test and this will be released once the deadline has passed. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | To demonstrate an understanding of the risks associated with field work and how to mitigate these and capture them in a risk assessment |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse and present field data generated from a range of field sampling methods |
| Procedural | Apply | To use keys to identify and classify common species found in a variety of habitats common in Scotland |
| Procedural | Understand | To demonstrate an awareness of sampling methods appropriate for a variety of habitats |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | To demonstrate an understanding of the risks associated with field work and how to mitigate these and capture them in a risk assessment |
| Procedural | Understand | To demonstrate an awareness of sampling methods appropriate for a variety of habitats |
| Procedural | Apply | To use keys to identify and classify common species found in a variety of habitats common in Scotland |
| Procedural | Analyse | To analyse and present field data generated from a range of field sampling methods |
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