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On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- recognise peatland types and understand their natural history (their origin and development and how they got to their current status);
- understand processes within these ecosystems (ecology, hydrology and peat accumulation);
- understand peatland-environment feedback, especially with regards to global climate;
- recognise the different ecosystem services they provide and appraise the consequence of these values in different countries around the world;
- evaluate resource management options.
Peatland biology, ecology, history, sustainability
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 16 |
Specified Learning Activities | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 72 |
Total | 108 |
None
Learning Exclusions:None
Learning Recommendations:None
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Critical essay on a given topic | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Presentation: Presentation during seminar on a topic of their choice | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback provided through discussion during the seminar as well as individually post-assessment.