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EK5804: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

None.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Philip Smith

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • One of MRes Ecology & Environmental Sustainability (Studied) or MRes Environmental Science (Studied) or MRes Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Ecology & Environmental Sustainability (Studied) or MSc Forestry (Taught) (Studied) or MSc Soil Science (Studied) or MSc Environmental Science (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied)
  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied)
  • Either Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or BI4015 Grant Proposal (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

1) Origins of EIA; development of, and legislative background to, EIA in the US, EU, UK and worldwide 2) The EIA process and stages in this process 3) Screening and scoping criteria 4) Impact identification and evaluation techniques 5) Predicting environmental impacts: prediction methods, criteria for selecting methods, examples of prediction techniques 6) Mitigation and compensation measures, monitoring and evaluation 7) Planning process, public involvement and decision making 8) Related issues: Cumulative and Strategic Environmental Assessment 9) Case studies to encourage participative learning related to components of the EIA.

Associated Costs

None

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Continuous assessment (100%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.

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