AESC40340 Environmental Management

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module seeks to integrate much of the discipline-based knowledge developed throughout the Agri-Environmental Science Degree Programme and deals with the principles and techniques of agri-environmental evaluation and management. Three of the four units comprising the module focus on:
1) The use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in landscape measurement and environmental evaluation;
2) Environmental economics;
3) Assessment of the 'environmental footprint' of agriculture.
The fourth unit seeks to integrate these module elements into a case study. Working in small groups, students will apply the methods and principles from the above three module dimensions to:
1) Evaluate landscape quality;
2) Graphically display and quantify the results of their evaluation;
3) Produce and assessment that allows them to weigh / assess complementary / conflicting valued and uses of the rural environment.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be able to:
1) Be familiar with the use of computer-based GIS systems and relevant software for landscape and environmental quantification and analysis.
2) Integrate agri-environmental knowledge from a wide range of relevant scientific disciplines;
3) Evaluate the contribution and limitations of environmental economics analysis;
4) Critically assess the wider value of environmental resources and the impacts of environmental degradation;
5) Use this knowledge to evaluate important rural environmental issues and to demonstrate the holistic appreciation necessary to understand and manage these complex issues.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Field Trip/External Visits

12
Specified Learning Activities

35
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

103
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module will be taught through a series of online lectures. Depending on public health advice there will also be a field trip. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Project: Small group project Unspecified n/a Graded No

50
Continuous Assessment: Assignment - Environmental economics Unspecified n/a Graded No

25
Continuous Assessment: Assignment - GIS based Unspecified n/a Graded No

25

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Online automated feedback

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Name Role
Dr Deirdre O'Connor Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Eoin Gill Tutor