Last modified: 27 Aug 2024 11:46
‘The Living Landscape’ is a field course (7 days) based at Strathdon, Scotland. The intention is to enhance students’ understanding of living component of the environment at a meaningful scale. ‘The Living Landscape’ is intended to help students to understand species distributions in a wider geographical and historical context. We believe that, in observing and interpreting the ‘big picture’, students will gain a better appreciation of the past, present and possible future of a living environment.
Dates for 2024/25: 31/5/25 - 6/6/25
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 |
Co-ordinators |
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One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.
The structure of the course is as follows. (Note that for each day’s activities ‘Capturing your investigation’ involves making field notes and having formative discussions with peers and staff):
Day 1: The landscape as a concept:
Day 2: Identifying components of the landscape:
Day 3: The spatial dimension:
Day 4: The temporal dimension:
Day 5. Project day:
Day 6: Project presentations:
Description | Value |
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Students are required to contribute to the cost of accommodation and transport. | 120.0000 |
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
Feedback |
Field trip log: Field trip log (60%). Observations and interpretations from the course captured in a field note book.
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Conceptual | Analyse | To identify key elements of a landscape. |
Conceptual | Analyse | To make a basic and meaningful interpretation of a landscape. |
Procedural | Apply | To work effectively with others during fieldwork and in follow-up work. |
Procedural | Create | To capture fieldwork observations and interpretations of the landscape in a field notebook. |
Procedural | Remember | To work safely and effectively in fieldwork. |
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
Feedback |
Group/Individual presentations (40%). Short (10 min) oral presentation to class, with Q&A -verbal feedback in class Criteria for this assessment will be:
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Conceptual | Analyse | To make a basic and meaningful interpretation of a landscape. |
Conceptual | Analyse | To explain an investigation of the landscape in a class presentation. |
Conceptual | Analyse | To identify key elements of a landscape. |
Procedural | Apply | To work effectively with others during fieldwork and in follow-up work. |
There are no assessments for this course.
Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | ||
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Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
Feedback |
Resit failed element, grade from a passed element will be carried forward. If resitting presentation: it will be an individual presentation (unless others in group are doing resit). On campus (synchronous) and/or recorded submission (asynchronous). Written feedback given within 2 weeks of the resit. |
Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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Conceptual | Analyse | To identify key elements of a landscape. |
Conceptual | Analyse | To make a basic and meaningful interpretation of a landscape. |
Conceptual | Analyse | To explain an investigation of the landscape in a class presentation. |
Procedural | Apply | To work effectively with others during fieldwork and in follow-up work. |
Procedural | Remember | To work safely and effectively in fieldwork. |
Procedural | Create | To capture fieldwork observations and interpretations of the landscape in a field notebook. |
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