Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
Residential field course designed to provide you with training in field identification and sampling techniques in Cromarty.
Group based project work provides skills in team working, data collection, analysis and presentation.
Hard work throughout the days is rewarded through the development of deep understanding and the enjoyment of spending time with peers and staff.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 2 |
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| Session | Second Sub Session | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Includes training in the identification of animals and the methods needed to assess their population densities. Also includes group work, in which students choose an area of study and carry out a semi-independent project, including the collection of data, appropriate analysis and then reporting to the other course members on their findings. In the course of the field work, students will be helped to appreciate the interaction between the organisms and their habitat and the general features of the environment are also studied.
Students are required to purchase their evening meals.
| Description | Value |
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| Field Course Costs | GBP 340.00 |
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Feedback |
informal verbal feedback during and after presentation, written feedback at the end of the course; |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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individual, written feedback on the field notebook at the end of the course; formative feedback throughout the course; |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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informal verbal feedback throughout the course |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Apply | to develop skills in the quantification and identification of a range of commercially relevant fish and shellfish |
| Procedural | Create | to utilise a field notebook for recording biological data |
| Conceptual | Analyse | to process biological data from sample organisms and to analyse the data in order to address a specific research question |
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