- Course Code
- BI 15A2
- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr I E Edwards
Pre-requisites
None
Overview
This course sets out to describe the main productive enterprises to be found in rural areas of Britain and elsewhere and to analyse the main rural areas of Britain and elsewhere and to analyse the main rural social and policy issues. Coverage includes land use and tenure; the historical development of agriculture and forestry; agricultural systems and the influence of technological change and limitations to productivity; silviculture systems and forest management techniques; main tree species for timber, amenity and arboriculture; forest landscape design; environmental conservation, the problems and methods; leisure sector activities including tourism; rural planning and environmental and physical regulations; rural communities and current countryside issues.
Structure
12 week course - 5 one-hour lectures per week.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination.
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination.