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AESC40340

Academic Year 2024/2025

Environmental Management (AESC40340)

Subject:
Agricultural&Environmental Sci
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Helen Sheridan
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

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.

About this Module

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 Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Group Work Assignment: Small group project. Week 15 Graded No
75
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment - Environmental economics Week 12 Graded No
25
 No

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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

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

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Tutorial Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 Mon 15:00 - 16:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 09:00 - 10:50
Spring Practical Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Thurs 11:00 - 12:50
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