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The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences BSc Honours in Ecological and Environmental Sciences BSc Honours in Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management Years 3 and 4 – Honours 2016/17 Course Information Contents Introduction ................................................................................................... 3 Ecological and Environmental Sciences Years 3 and 4 .................................... 3 Your course choices ....................................................................................... 3 Course summary ............................................................................................ 5 Key Dates ....................................................................................................... 6 Compulsory Course Information .................................................................... 7 BILG09009 Population and Community Ecology .......................................................................... 7 ECSC09004 Ecological Measurement ............................................................................................ 8 ECSC10033 Ecological and Environmental Science field Course………………………………………………. 9 ECSC10034 Critical Thinking in Ecological and Environmental Science ....................................... 10 ECSC10030 Dissertation in Ecological and Environmental Sciences ........................................... 13 ECSC10032 Professional Skills in Ecological and Environmental Sciences .................................. 15 ECSC10031 Dissertation in Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management ............. 17 Optional Course Information ....................................................................... 19 ECSC09002 Natural Resource Management ............................................................................... 19 ECSC09005 Environmental Pollution ........................................................................................... 22 ECSC10036 Conservation Science ................................................................................................ 24 ECSC10025 Effective Project Planning and Management ........................................................... 25 ECSC10037 Current Issues in Ecology and Environmental Science ............................................. 27 ECSC10014 Land Atmosphere Interactions ……………………………………………………………………………28 Other popular optional courses ........................................................................................................ 30 Degree Programme Tables ........................................................................... 30 Ecological and Environmental Sciences (BSc Hons) (UTBSCECOLE1F) .............................................. 30 Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management (BSc Hons) (UTBSCECOLM1F) .............. 32 Useful links .................................................................................................. 33 Introduction This handbook describes the courses taught in the Honours years of the BSc Ecological and Environmental Sciences and BSc Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management Honours Degree programmes. A synopsis of each individual course is given in this handbook, which also includes details of timetables for each course, the degree programme tables and information about the learning outcomes for each course. The details contained in the handbook are correct at the time of publishing. Dr Margaret Graham Degree Programme Convenor BSc Ecological and Environmental Sciences Ecological and Environmental Sciences Years 3 and 4 Ecological and Environmental Sciences / Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management Years 3 and 4 During years 3 and 4, the two degree programmes broadly follow the same route with students of both programmes studying the same compulsory courses. The focus in the ‘honours’ years of a degree is more detailed than years 1 and 2 and students are expected to invest much more time and effort to self-study than in ‘pre-honours’ study. In year 3, you will be required to take the compulsory courses Population and Community Biology 3 and Ecological Measurement. The Ecological Measurement course includes a field trip to the Highlands of Scotland during the summer preceding the 3rd year. The courses focus on the collection and analysis of data both in the laboratory and in the field and by the end of junior honours year, students should have gained a knowledge and understanding of data and key techniques used to reach conclusions on the function of ecological and environmental systems, as well as having attained an increased understanding of biological processes. The focus in the fourth year, as your studies at Edinburgh come to their conclusion, is the 40-credit dissertation project. You will be required to select a topic during your third year and will be assigned a supervisor relating to that topic to guide you throughout collecting and analysing data and writing the report. The dissertation project is also supplemented by 3 COMPULSORY courses, totalling 40 credits and an additional 40 credits of optional courses. Details of the courses and Degree Programme Tables are given later in this handbook. Your course choices In your third and fourth years, you are required to take a mixture of compulsory and optional courses totalling 240 credits, 120 credits in each honours year. Students of both BSc Ecological and Environmental Sciences and BSc Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management will study the same compulsory courses, totalling 40 credits in the third year and 80 credits in the fourth year. However, the nature of each student’s compulsory dissertation course will relate to the relevant degree programme. The optional courses taken by students on each degree programme relate to the specific degree programme: “With Management” students are encouraged to study courses from the School of Business and the School of Economics, while Ecological and Environmental Sciences students will study courses with a more scientific perspective. Students from both degree programmes will take 80 credits of optional courses in the third year and 40 credits of optional courses in the fourth year. We advise that you try to spread the weight of your options courses evenly across both semesters. Details of optional courses available are found on page 18 of this guide.
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