HORT30270 Horticulture Seminar

Academic Year 2020/2021

Each student will be required to select a different research topic from an area of horticulture, agriculture or related one and conduct a comprehensive library and internet review to deepen their knowledge of their selected topic. The topic titles can be selected from the list of topics provided. Alternatively, students may select a topic that is of interest to them, but which is not on the list. In either situation topic titles must be submitted for verification by the end of week two of the trimester. Each student will be required to write a 2000 word document citing books, scientific journals and internet sources investigated and explored. These references must be cited to international standards such as the Harvard system in a bibliography appended to the end of the word document. Students will be instructed on how to correctly cite references from scientific journals and the internet. Additionally, each student is required to prepare and submit a PowerPoint presentation comprising 12 slides (equivalent to 12 minutes duration) detailing their findings together with speakers notes expanding/interpreting the information on each slide. Speakers notes should not be more than sixty words per slide. PowerPoint presentations, speakers notes and the scientific literature document and bibliography will be submitted via email to the module coordinator by the end of week 10 of the trimester. The PowerPoint presentation slides and speakers notes will substitute for in class presentations.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to: -
Comprehensively research a scientific topic;-
Write a scientific literature document outlining their key findings;-
Prepare a bibliography and cite the references to international standards:
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that could be delivered at a scientific conference
Prepare speakers notes for each slide of the presentation.

Indicative Module Content:

Students will investigate topics of horticultural, agricultural or environmental importance and relevance. They will learn how to write a literature review document to a strict word limit. They will also learn how to cite scientific references in a scientific bibliography to international standards and prepare a PowerPoint presentation suitable for a conference together with accompanying speakers notes.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Conversation Class

8
Specified Learning Activities

33
Autonomous Student Learning

84
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active based learning, Case based learning, lectures, critical writing, preparing a PowerPoint presentation and speakers notes. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Bibliography. Students must cite all references in the bibliography to international standards such as the Harvard system. Week 10 n/a Graded No

20
Assignment: Prepare and submit a 12 limit PowerPoint slide presentation together with speakers notes for each slide. Week 10 n/a Graded Yes

50
Assignment: Each student must prepare and submit a 2,000 scientific word document showing all scientific/other references investigated specified to international standards. Week 10 n/a Graded Yes

30

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students encouraged to submit draft documents prior to summative assessment