ESC-20080 - Environmental and Sustainability Impact Assessment

Coordinator: Helen C Glanville Tel: +44 1782 7 33987

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Level: Level 5

Credits: 15

Study Hours: 150

School Office: 01782 733615

Programme/Approved Electives for 2020/21

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

ESC-20079

Description for 2020/21

This module starts by looking at the different ways of viewing the world and carrying out research, through to the skills and techniques required for different forms of data collection in the natural and social sciences, and looks at ways of analysing these data. These techniques are taught within the context of carrying out a piece of work assessing an area of the university campus as might be done for professional purposes in the workplace. Students have the choice of tailoring the approaches they employ to their interests by choosing to produce an Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability Impact Assessment, or Conservation Management Plan for the location in question.

Aims

This module aims to develop students' research skills appropriate to the fields of Environmental Science, Environment and Sustainability, and Ecology and Conservation. Students will gain understanding of different epistemologies and underpinning research methodologies within the natural and social sciences. Students will gain experience in a range of natural and social science research methods, covering fieldwork and laboratory approaches, social science data collection methods, and the analysis of different data types. Students will apply this learning to research in the real world through an Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability Impact Assessment, or Conservation Management Plan for a case study location on the university campus.

Intended Learning Outcomes

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Study hours

13 hours lectures / taught sessions
20 hours workshops / fieldwork sessions
117 hours private study and completion of assignments

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Reflective Analysis weighted 40%
Reflective Analysis - 2,000 words
Compare and contrast the concepts, principles and evidence used in an Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability Impact Assessment, or Conservation Management Plan using specific examples provided. Identify key similarities and differences between the three approaches, thinking about writing style, format and structure. Choose which of the three report types you will use for Assessment 2, justify your decision, and outline how you plan to apply this approach to the case study at Keele University.

2: Report weighted 60%
Report - 2,500 words
Individual report of 2,500 words presented as the studentżs choice of Environmental Impact Assessment, Sustainability Impact Assessment, or Conservation Management Plan following the prescribed format. This will draw on desk study evidence and primary data collected by or provided during class sessions as appropriate

ESC-20080 - Module Specification School of Geography, Geology and the Environment Faculty of Natural Sciences

ESC-20080 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences