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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2007/2008
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Quaternary Environmental History (U00215)? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-AQuat To provide an introduction to the Environmental History of the Quaternary. The course examines the evidence for environmental change over the last five million years ("the long Quaternary") and the ways in which this evidence can be correlated to produce local, regional and global sequences. It examines the search for explanations of change in terms of both internal- and external-dynamic factors and explores the consequences of environmental change for individuals, populations and communities of plants and animals. Entry RequirementsSubject AreasHome subject areaArchaeology, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E) Other subject areasDelivery Information? Normal year taken : 3rd year ? Delivery Period : Not being delivered ? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks ? Additional Class Information : Timetable is arranged annually. Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
A knowledge and understanding of:
- the geological context of the Quaternary and the evolution of the global environment from the later Tertiary to the later Quaternary; - the detailed record of Quaternary environmental change in the British Isles within its regional, European and North Atlantic, setting; - the dynamic interaction of Solar, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Terrestrial environmental systems and how such interation may give rise to possible driving mechanisms for global, regional and local environmental change; - the consequences of Quaternary environmental change for terrestrial plant and animal populations (including the hominids) with particular emphasis on evolution, dispersal, migration, colonisation and the formation (and stability) of biotic communities. Supported by the acquisition of appropriate intellectual, professional, practical and transferable skills, including, for example: the ability to express the outcome of learning exercises in coherent and accurate written, numeric, graphical or illustrative form to pre-determined specifications. Assessment Information
Coursework (Seminar Paper 10% & Research Web Site/Poster 30%): 40%; Examination (2 hour paper): 60%
Contact and Further InformationThe Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries. Course Secretary Miss Patricia Storey Course Organiser Mr Clive Bonsall Course Website : http://www.arcl.ed.ac.uk/arch/degreecourse.html School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/ College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/ |
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