Course Co-ordinator: Dr L Maderova, Dr A Price

Pre-requisite(s): BI 1005 or BI 1509.

The content reflects currently important topics in plant and soil research. It features six two-week blocks of teaching covering six topics, plus one summary week of course content. The content builds on and integrates in a critical manner knowledge about plants and soils from BI 1005 and BI 1509.

12 week course in the second-half session. 3 one-hour lectures per week (includes plenary, support lecture and group study/discussion) plus 1 three-hour practical every second week. Total contact hours 36 lectures (plenary, support, discussion) and six practicals 54 hours in total.

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written exam (50%); continuous assessment (50%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written exam (50%); continuous assessment (50%).