- Course Code
- MR 1010
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr D.R Green
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Overview
- Topography of the ocean basins
- The oceans and atmosphere as a system
- Impact of climate change
- Marine resources and their management
- Coastal and marine environments
- Overfishing and pollution
- Marine protected areas focus on the Galapagos National Park
Structure
11 x 1-hour lectures, supported by 11 x 1-hours follow-up sessions, plus one field trip.
Assessment
1st Attempt: coursework (50%): one written report (34%) and one short presentation (16%)and exam (50%): MCQ + short answers.
Resit: original coursework carried forward, 50%, plus exam, 50%.
Formative Assessment
Students complete an in-course quiz (on fisheries) and a short-answer exercise (on marine ecosystems); peer assessment of presentations. However, with just 12 weeks of teaching, to include two summative assessments, it is difficult to arrange stand-alone formative assessment. It makes more sense to consider feedback/feedforward in terms of onwards progression: e.g., students write just one coursework report which is summatively assessed, but comments provided on this should help students to improve their performance next time: e.g., in the follow-up second half-session course.
Feedback
Students receive individual, written feedback on their coursework using standard comments sheets. Individual comments are supported by in-class feedback.