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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 Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 16 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 12 |
Specified Learning Activities | 35 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
Total | 103 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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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 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
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Name | Role |
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Dr Deirdre O'Connor | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Eoin Gill | Tutor |