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Students will be able to:
- Recognise peatland types and understand their natural history (their origin and development and how they got to their current status);
- Understand processes within these ecosystems (ecology, hydrology and peat accumulation);
- Understand peatland-environment feedback, especially with regards to global climate;
- Recognise the different ecosystem services they provide and appraise the consequence of these values;
- Evaluate resource management options.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 23 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Online Learning | 22 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: In semester project assignment on a topic | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Essay: Critical essay on a given question | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
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
Not yet recorded.