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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Describe the philosophy, legal and rational background as well as the development and procedures of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) processes in Europe in particular and place it in a broader framework of approaches to environmental management;
- Summarise the general legal framework for EIA in Ireland, including the different categories of impact that must be addressed;
- Discuss some of the difficulties of assessing 'significance' of impacts;
- Work as part of a team to prepare a scoping report (part of EIA), based on practical experience of doing so;
- Take a critical view of the design and interpretation of biological surveys for EIA;
- Critically appraise the relative merits and flaws of EIA/SEA systems in different countries;
- Consider the different careers available in the field of Environmental Assessment and their spheres of influence.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 16 |
Specified Learning Activities | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 72 |
Total | 118 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
Feedback provided through open discussion and after first task of group project (Work Plan). Feedback also provided post-assessment for the group project and presentation. Peer assessment whereby you will be each anonymously awarded a grade of A, B, C, D, E or F by each of your team-mates for your relative contribution to the team effort.
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 11:00 - 11:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 14:00 - 15:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 12:00 - 12:50 |