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Learning Outcomes: On completion of the module, students should: (i) understand the main impacts of increasing human population and activity on the wider environment; (ii) know specific impacts on air, soil and water quality; (iii) be able to explain how unprecedented levels of biodiversity decline are linked to human activity; (iv) understand the implications of environmental impacts on food production & security; and (v) know the primary aims and focus of environmental policy in seeking to reduce these concerns.
Soil science; climate change; biodiversity; water resources; invasive species; policy.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 80 |
Total | 104 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Project: Assessment 3 | Week 5 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 34 |
Group Project: Assessment 1 | Week 4 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 33 |
Group Project: Assessment 2 | Week 5 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 33 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback will given in class as the lecturer facilities the problem-based learning tutorials. Post-assessment feedback will be given to the small groups.
Name | Role |
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Dr Jan-Robert Baars | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Thomas Cummins | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Barry John McMahon | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Paul Murphy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Olaf Schmidt | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Helen Sheridan | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4 | Fri 14:00 - 15:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4 | Mon 14:00 - 15:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3 | Tues 09:00 - 10:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 4 | Tues 09:00 - 10:50 |