This module (1) focuses on environmental issues across a range of themes and (2) provides a focal point for the first year of your programme of study in Environmental Sciences, in terms of both knowledge and understanding, and study skills. The module considers knowledge and understanding of the environment in an inter- and multi-disciplinary basis, then how information about the environment is obtained and used. Sessions work towards combining and analysing information to enable prediction of change and response to interventions. The lectures, seminars, tutorials and other sessions demonstrate the wide variety of information which is available about the environment, and the ways in which information can be drawn together to understand environmental processes and to inform decisions regarding the environment. Good practice and efficiency in study are introduced via elements of the lecture programme and tutorials. Approaches to identifying the generic and subject-specific skills needed to be an effective environmental scientist are also explored, providing a framework for enhancement and development of your generic, study and subject-specific skills.
Lectures are used as a forum for (1) presenting seminars on contemporary environmental issues, and (2) introducing and developing key academic skills. Sessions on key skills are aligned with and complementary to tutorials. Tutorial groups are organised to bring together students with similar interest, i.e. who have selected the same pathway as a focal point for their studies. Materials considered in tutorials have two main purposes: (1) to reinforce and develop further the academic skills introduced in lectures (e.g. discussion and guided self-study exercises), and (2) encourage student-centred learning via formative assessments focusing on contemporary environmental topics or themes. In addition, field sessions provide hands-on training in environmental management (for woodlands as an exemplar) and an introduction to structured observation, interpretation and analysis in mixed environments influenced by human activity (linked to summative assessment).
This module (1) focuses on environmental issues across a range of themes and (2) provides a focal point for the first year of your programme of study in Environmental Sciences, in terms of both knowledge and understanding, and study skills. The module considers knowledge and understanding of the environment in an inter- and multi-disciplinary basis, then how information about the environment is obtained and used. Sessions work towards combining and analysing information to enable prediction of change and response to interventions. The lectures, seminars, tutorials and other sessions demonstrate the wide variety of information which is available about the environment, and the ways in which information can be drawn together to understand environmental processes and to inform decisions regarding the environment. Good practice and efficiency in study are introduced via elements of the lecture programme and tutorials. Approaches to identifying the generic and subject-specific skills needed to be an effective environmental scientist are also explored, providing a framework for enhancement and development of your generic, study and subject-specific skills.
Lectures are used as a forum for (1) presenting seminars on contemporary environmental issues, and (2) introducing and developing key academic skills. Sessions on key skills are aligned with and complementary to tutorials. Tutorial groups are organised to bring together students with similar interest, i.e. who have selected the same pathway as a focal point for their studies. Materials considered in tutorials have two main purposes: (1) to reinforce and develop further the academic skills introduced in lectures (e.g. discussion and guided self-study exercises), and (2) encourage student-centred learning via formative assessments focusing on contemporary environmental topics or themes. In addition, field sessions provide hands-on training in environmental management (for woodlands as an exemplar) and an introduction to structured observation, interpretation and analysis in mixed environments influenced by human activity (linked to summative assessment).
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