FOR30050 Elective Forestry Project II

Academic Year 2023/2024

Individual students carry out a research project on an approved topic in Forestry, under the guidance of one of the Forestry staff members. The student will be expected to make contact with a Forestry staff member with ideas about potential research topics. The student will be expected to investigate an agreed specific problem as part of this exercise Regular progress meetings will be used to guide the student in terms of research topic/problem selection, literature search, development of a methodology, data collection and analysis, presentation of results, development of report structure and outline, report drafting and finalizing.

This module can be taken as a 12-week module in Autumn, and as a 7- or 12-week module in Spring.

This module may also take the form of an essay. The body of the essay should contain about 3,000 words (ca 8 pages at 1.5 spacing), but it should not exceed 4,000 words (about 10 pages). Supporting information, in the form of tables, figures, appendices, and references (etc.) are excluded from this word count. However, the quality of the assignment is far more important than the number of words it contains. This module can be taken as a 12-week module in Autumn, and as a 7- or 12-week module in Spring. Students who register for this module should contact the module co-ordinator in the first week of the trimester they plan to undertake the module to confirm the topic theme. An outline of the essay should be submitted by week 4 (if taken in Autumn) or week 2 (if taken in Spring).

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Select and define a topic/problem suitable for a research project. Address the specific problem through appropriate scientific investigations.Carry out a project, with limited guidance, including a literature search, a literature review, and a synthesis of the literature.Write a project report or literature review.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

5
Specified Learning Activities

5
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

110
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The students are required to engage in critical reflection and critical writing. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
FOR10020 - Trees and Forests in Ireland


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: draft Varies over the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

20
Project: Project Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

80

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be given feedback on the draft they submit.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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