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On successful completion, students will have significant ecological field skills, practical experience of productive land management, appreciate the interdependence of productive land uses and ecosystem services, be familiar with State schemes influencing environmental effects of land management, and be aware of professional activity in environmental assessment & management.
Indicative Module Content:As an internship module, the activities undertaken on farm and environmental placements are those of the workplaces.
During the ecological field skills exercises, students will be exposed to understandings of landscapes, and to identification of plants and understanding of plant communities.
Where necessary and agreed, alternative online and offline content may be offered as replacements.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Placement/Work Experience | 640 |
Total | 640 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Journal: Ecological Field Skills Report (Burren Week), or agreed alternative. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 20 |
Assignment: Report on Environmental agency, or agreed alternative. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 40 |
Assignment: Report on Farm, or agreed alternative. | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Students are invited to a non-assessed interview post-assessment, which may be face-to-face or remote, at which their submissions are discussed, and credit is confirmed to have been recorded for work experience undertaken.
Name | Role |
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Dr Sinéad Flannery | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Henna Kinsella | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Aoife Osborne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Olaf Schmidt | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Helen Sheridan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |